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Tha Nead na Circe Fraoiche

Date 22 March 1951
Track ID 34892
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0160C.814

Original Tape ID

CW0160C

Summary

This is a popular vocal dance tune usually sung as a reel. It says that the moorhen's nest is in the black mill in summer. The mill wants to dance. Goats and sheep and other things that you would not expect to find are in the mill.

Item Notes

3 verses sung. Each is followed by a chorus. Verses 1 and 2 are sung again at the end.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Small Isles

Island - Canna

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good