'Ille Dhuinn 's Toigh Leam Thu
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
February 1953
Track ID
3722
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1953.10.A7
Original Tape ID
Summary
In this love song the composer's parents would have liked her to marry another man who was wealthier and owned ships. She preferred her brown-haired lad even if he owned very little.
Item Notes
5 verses plus choruses sung. Transcribed in the School of Scottish Studies. The song was composed by Margaret MacDonald (Mairead nighean Ailein), North Uist.
Item Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - North Uist
Island - North Uist
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good