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Pòsadh Piuthar Iain Bhàin

Date 09 November 1950
Track ID 26716
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0114A.527

Original Tape ID

CW0114A

Summary

This is a humorous and satirical song about the wedding of fair-haired Iain's sister. The wedding meal served there was of a poor standard and included badly-plucked chickens, with their innards.

Item Notes

2 quatrains and 3 choruses sung.

Cf. 'Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness' vol. x, p. 265.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Village/Place - Lochboisdale

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good