Dhìrich Mi Suas a' Bheinn Ghruamach
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Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0107A.474
Original Tape ID
Summary
In this waulking song the composer describes her grief as the man she loves has rejected her. He was seen the previous day. She describes how he was dressed; he was going hunting. She knows that though she had such a great love for him, her lack of wealth meant he would never take her.
Item Notes
23 lines sung.
See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 1, no. xiii
Other versions:
'An Gàidheal' iv, p. 184
'The Celtic Review' v, p. 91
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig) p. 59
'Songs of the Hebrides' iii, p. 72 (art version)
'An t-Òranaiche' p. 354
Fr Allan Manuscript, pp. 25, 33 & 110
Canon MacLean Manuscript, no. xxxvi
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - South Uist
Island - Benbecula
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good