Cha Tèid Mi le Mac a' Mhaoir
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
March 1938
Track ID
27039
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CDC.XXXIII
Original Tape ID
Summary
This is a waulking song in which a woman says she will not go with the Steward's son, as he is just a foolish lad. She curses love and compares it to death. She wishes she could be with her lover on his ship.
Item Notes
9 lines sung. Most are linked.
See:
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri nighean Alasdair' p. 19
'The MacDonald Collection of Gaelic Poetry' p. 266
'Folksongs of Britain and Ireland' (ed. P. Kennedy) p. 46
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Barra
Island - Barra
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Disc
Audio Quality
Fair