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Moladh Mòraig

Date 31 July 1950
Track ID 25861
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0097A.409

Original Tape ID

CW0097A

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

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good