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Mhurchaidh Bhig a Chinn a' Chonais

Fieldworkers
Date 02 November 1950
Track ID 26527
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0110A.501

Original Tape ID

CW0110A

Summary

This unusual waulking song has a number of unrelated sections. It begins with a section about little Murdo, a contentious fellow. A passage about a person called Kenneth follows, in which there are references to a well of wine from which three of the king's children are drawing. The third section has references to brown-haired Diarmad, and those who would aid him. The fourth section refers to a beloved hunter. It is followed by a passage about nut-gathering. The final section refers to the problems of a man involved in an illicit affair with another man's wife.

Item Notes

See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 3, no. CI
'Scottish Tradition 2: Music from the Western Isles' (The School of Scottish Studies)

Other versions:
Donald MacIntyre manuscript, p. 106
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig) p. 95
'Carmina Gadelica' IV, p. 350.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Village/Place - Eochar

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good