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'S Mise a Chunnaic An-diugh an t-Iongnadh

Date 02 March 1950
Track ID 48447
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0071A.271

Original Tape ID

CW0071A

Summary

This waulking song tells of seeing a young brown-haired girl clothed in grey, sitting on a rock. The other lines tell of sailing west of Duart.

Item Notes

13 half-lines sung plus choruses. The lines are repeated.

See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 1 (J. L. Campbell/F. Collinson eds. 1969) p. 60
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig ed., 1949) p. 112
'One Hundred and Five Songs of Occupation from the Western Isles of Scotland' (F. Tolmie ed., 1911) p. 219
'Puirt-à-beul' (Keith Norman MacDonald ed., 1901) p. 45

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Barra

Island - Barra

Village/Place - Castlebay

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good