Stoirm nan Gobhar ri Taobh na h-Abhann
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
11 August 1951
Track ID
35394
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0171.935
Original Tape ID
Summary
This waulking song tells of a girl who had a son after she had an incestuous relationship with her brother. She faces the Session on the following day.
Item Notes
31 lines plus choruses sung.
See:
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig ed., 1949), p. 25.
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 2 (J. L. Campbell and F. Collinson eds., 1977) p. 80
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Small Isles
Island - Canna
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good