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Bà, Bà, Mo Leanabh Beag

Date 12 May 1953
Track ID 43639
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CannaWirek.1953.5

Original Tape ID

CannaTape.0005

Summary

This is a lullaby possibly composed at the time of the potato famine. The song refers to the soft potatoes, and the suffering caused.

Item Notes

Chorus, verse, and chorus.

See:
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (M. F. Shaw ed., 1955) Song 37 p. 143

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Village/Place - Bornish

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good