Dh'Èirich Mi 's Cha Robh Mi Sunndach
Fieldworkers
Unknown Person
Date
03 August 1950
Track ID
25924
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0099.430
Original Tape ID
Summary
In the first section of this waulking song, a woman praises the man she loves. He is a chief or landowner who rides a well-shod horse. She describes him as being fair to his tenants. She prays he will have a long life.
In the second section, the composer regrets not being in her own district. There, her food and drink would be of a much higher standard than the spring water and miserable pancake she gets at present.
Item Notes
Recorded by the Barra Folklore Committee.
See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 2 (John L. Campbell & F. Collinson eds., 1977) p. 76
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Barra
Island - Barra
Village/Place - Castlebay
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good