Tha an Oidhche Nochd Fuar
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
01 April 1951
Track ID
33934
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0138C.679
Original Tape ID
Summary
The composer of this waulking song begins by stating that the night is cold and frosty. The fair-haired man she loves is at sea. She will cross the sea with him and marry before the minister. She hopes that she and her husband will have a son.
Item Notes
9 lines sung. The first line of the song is missing.
See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 1 (J. L. Campbell & F. Collinson eds., 1969) p. 154
Fr. Allan MacDonald composed the Christmas hymn 'S e Moire Bha Truagh' to the tune of this waulking song.
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - South Uist
Island - Eriskay
Village/Place - Rhuban
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good