Sneachda ga Chur air na Beannan
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0075B.308
Original Tape ID
Summary
This waulking song begins: "There is snow on the mountains / The wind has frozen it to the trees." The composer expresses the hope that the son of the earl will send her a message. She tells how her father wants to marry her to a dun-coloured old man who is blind and deaf. The final lines are addressed to Cameron of Locheil from Lochaber, in whose arms the woman longs to be.
Item Notes
19 lines sung.
See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 2 (J. L. Campbell & F. Collinson eds., 1977) p. 72
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig ed., 1949) p. 42
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Barra
Island - Barra
Village/Place - Castlebay
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good