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Gur Ann an Tùs a' Gheamhraidh

Date 19 December 1959
Track ID 37430
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1960.15.B2

Original Tape ID

SA1960.015

Summary

In this sailing song there is a description of a voyage in a three-masted ship, sailing out of the Queen's Dock in the Clyde. The weather was cold and frosty. The bard is sad to leave his sweetheart behind. When they reached Ailsa Craig they were given the order to hoist her sails. He bids farewell to his mother, his relations and friends as he looks landward. There is a description of the weather on the high seas, and of the work they undertook to keep the ship seaworthy.

Item Notes

6 verses.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good