Moladh Mòraig
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0097A.409
Original Tape ID
Summary
This song is composed in the style of a pibroch with ground and variations. Only the first eight sections are sung here.
1. The poet wishes he could be roving in the wood with Morag.
2. Her beauty is described.
3. She is compared with four other girls. Unlike them, she has no faults.
4. There is no one anywhere like her. She is educated, humble, beautiful etc.
5. She inspires lustful feelings in the poet.
6. Her body, in particular her breasts, are described.
7. The poet speaks of being in the woods with Morag on a beautiful day, chasing each other like a buck and doe.
8. Morag's cheeks and teeth are described. She is compared with Venus and Dido.
Item Notes
The sections sung here are Ùrlar (3 verses), Siubhal (3 verses), Ùrlar (1 verse) and Siubhal (1 verse). The song was composed by Alexander MacDonald, Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (c.1700 - c.1770).
See:
'Sàr Obair nam Bàrd Gaelach' (MacKenzie) p. 118
'Alasdair Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair: Selected Poems' (ed. D. Thomson) p. 56
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Small Isles
Island - Canna
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good