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Mìle Marbhphaisg air a' Ghaol

Date 09 March 1950
Track ID 48603
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0075A.304

Original Tape ID

CW0075A

Summary

The composer begins by reflecting on the ill effects of love. She cannot sleep, her heart is broken, and her hair is falling out, as she thinks of her lover who is sailing to America. In the second section of the song, the composer states that she will not go with the factor's son, or the joiner's son. She will go with no one while her lover is away. She describes him as a hunter of the swan, the roe and the blackcock.

Item Notes

19 lines sung plus choruses.

See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 3 (J. L. Campbell/F. Collinson eds., 1981) p. 50
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig ed., 1949) p. 19
'The MacDonald Collection of Gaelic Poetry' (Revs. A. and A. MacDonald eds. 1911) p. 266
'Folksongs of Britain and Ireland' (P. Kennedy ed., 1974) p. 46

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Barra

Island - Barra

Village/Place - Castlebay

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good