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Hò-rò-ho laoidh laoi leò

Date 1963
Track ID 38805
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1963.071.A7-B7

Original Tape ID

SA1963.071

Summary

A waulking song/love song. A girl is out on the sheiling and is feeling sad. The young men are passing her - she favours the blonde-haired, rosy-cheeked one, and thinks that it's a pity she doesn't have a son by him which she could take back home to Lewis. She refuses to take an old man and lists the reasons why.

The contributor then talks about the waulking songs and waulking in general.

Item Notes

17 single-line verses. Many versions of this song are extant in Gaeldom.

Language

Gaelic

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good