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Mo Nighean Dubh na Trèig Mi

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Date 19 November 1950
Track ID 33335
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0125.590

Original Tape ID

CW0125

Summary

In this song a man tells of his love for a dark-haired girl. He describes her beauty in detail and talks of the clothing which suits her. Her parents were not supportive and put her out of the area. Though he could not play the fiddle, he was highly literate, and no one would complain about the sermons he would compose.

Item Notes

9 quatrains sung. Chorus at the beginning and after each quatrain. In other versions of this song it is the man who is sent away.

See:
'An t-Òranaiche' p. 230

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Small Isles

Island - Canna

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good