Òran Chaluim Sgàire
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1952.40.A6
Original Tape ID
Summary
This is a sailor's song in which the bard expresses his sadness at being parted from the girl he loves. He is north of Norway and she is at Loch an Fhir Mhaoil in the Garynahine area of Lewis. He would rather be in Bosta planting barley. He goes on to tell how the ship set sail for home, passing round Orkney. It sailed swiftly past Barvas, moving like the roe-deer. He knows that when the ship appears on the horizon, the girl he loves will say, "Here is the ship at Cragam [Island] with Calum Sgàire in it."
Item Notes
5 quatrains sung plus chorus at the end. The song was composed by Malcolm MacAulay (Calum Sgàire) of Bernera, Uig.
See:
'Eilean Fraoich' (Comunn Gàidhealach Leòdhais, 1982) p. 50
'Songs of Gaelic Scotland' (A. L. Gillies ed., 2005) p. 68
Recording Location
County - Midlothian
Parish - Edinburgh
Village/Place - Edinburgh
Item Location
County - Ross and Cromarty
Parish - Uig
Island - Great Bernera
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good