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Tam o' Shanter 's Geansaidh Snàith

Date 22 March 1951
Track ID 34828
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0160A.792

Original Tape ID

CW0160A

Summary

This is a light dance tune of the type which were common among the girls who worked as herring gutters. The composer describes the man she loves, who wears a tam-o-shanter and a woollen jumper with the letters RNR on it. He is across the sea. The woman intends to visit Fraserburgh in the summer.

Item Notes

6 verses sung. Each is followed by a chorus.

See:
'Eilean Fraoich' (An Comunn Gàidhealach Leòdhais 1982) p. 87

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Small Isles

Island - Canna

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good