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Chunnaic Rìgh Bhreatainn na Shuain

Date March 1938
Track ID 39131
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CDC.XXIV

Original Tape ID

album_02_D05-A

Summary

This is a fragment from the ballad 'Am Bròn Binn' [The Sweet Sorrow], sung as a waulking song. The section of text sung here tells how the King of Britain saw a beautiful woman in a dream. Sir Gawain promised to go and find her. He sailed for seven weeks and two months before arriving at a dark grey castle.

Item Notes

See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 2, no. XLIb

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Barra

Island - Barra

Village/Place - Castlebay

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Disc

Audio Quality

Fair