Ailein Duinn O Hì Shiùbhlainn Leat
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1965.136.A5
Original Tape ID
Summary
This waulking song is a lament. The composer tells of her grief as a result of the drowning of the man she was to marry.
The contributor tells the story behind the song.
Item Notes
12 couplets with chorus sung. This song is said to have been composed by Annie Campbell of Scalpay. Allan Morrison, the man she loved, drowned in 1786.
See:
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (Margaret Fay Shaw ed. 1955) p. 258
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 1 (John L. Campbell & F. Collinson eds., 1969) p. 44
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig ed., 1949) p. 105
'The Gesto Collection' (K. N. MacDonald ed., 1895) appendix p. 6
'Songs of Gaelic Scotland' (A. L. Gillies ed.) p. 50
'Tocher' 22 (The School of Scottish Studies) p. 216
'Tocher' 41 (The School of Scottish Studies) p. 304
Recording Location
County - Argyllshire
Parish - Ardchattan and Muckairn
Village/Place - Connel
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good