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Guma Slàn don Rìbhinn Òg

Date 13 April 1971
Track ID 34573
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1971.50.B2

Original Tape ID

SA1971.050

Summary

This is a man's love song in which the bard tells how he is away from the girl he loves. He has asked her to to promise to wait until he returns. She gives him a picture and a lock of her fair hair. He thinks of her while he is at sea, and asks the north wind to bear greetings to her.

Item Notes

5 quatrains sung plus choruses at the start and after 2 - 5. The song was composed by Neil MacLeod.

See:
'Clàrsach an Doire' p. 28

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Island - Skye

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good