Chunnaic Mise Mo Leannan
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0158.780
Original Tape ID
Summary
In the first three couplets of this waulking song, a woman tells how she saw her lover pass by on a lightly stepping grey horse, on the previous day. He did not acknowledge her.
The lines which follow have Jacobite references and express the hope that King James will be crowned.
Item Notes
7 couplets sung plus 3-line choruses.
See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 3 (J. L. Campbell & F. Collinson eds., 1981) p. 156
'An t-Òranaiche' (G. Mac na Ceàrdadh ed., 1879) p. 504
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig ed., 1949) p. 34
'Gaelic Songs in Nova Scotia' (H. Creighton & C. MacLeod eds., 1964) p. 190
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (M. F. Shaw ed., 1955) Song 90
'Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness' vol. 26 p. 240
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - South Uist
Island - South Uist
Village/Place - Lochboisdale
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good