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Chaidh a' Bhanarach dhan Tràigh

Date May 1954
Track ID 30685
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1954.32.B4

Original Tape ID

SA1954.032

Summary

The chorus of this song suggests that it was originally a rowing song, though in Kilmuir it was sung as a waulking song. It begins: "The milkmaid went to the beach / To do something the others would not do / To gather shellfish at high tide."

Item Notes

Recorded at a public cèilidh in Edinburgh. 6 lines sung. 3-line chorus at the beginning and after each line.

See:
'Tocher' 1 (The School of Scottish Studies) p. 5

Recording Location

County - Midlothian

Parish - Edinburgh

Village/Place - Edinburgh

Language

Gaelic

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair