Chan Eil a' Chùis a' Còrdadh Rium
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
03 April 1951
Track ID
34025
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0145.717
Original Tape ID
Summary
This humorous song tells of a man who took a stirk to the cattle sale in Gerinish, South Uist, in order to get a drover to take it. The day did not go well, and he met a long list of people claiming money from him, for many different things. They included the weaveress, the cobbler, the grain merchant, the tea merchant and the factor.
Item Notes
8 couplets sung plus 3-line choruses.
See:
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (Margaret F. Shaw ed., 1955) p. 124
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Barra
Island - Barra
Village/Place - Castlebay
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good