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Dh'Èirich Mi 's Cha Robh Mi Sunndach

Fieldworkers
Date 03 August 1950
Track ID 25924
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0099.430

Original Tape ID

CW0099

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

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good