Cìdh an Fhidheall

Original Tape ID

MOD 1972 GR00020 Reel7

Summary

A mouth music song. The chorus refers to a fiddle on the table. In the verses the composer describes the daughter of a nobleman. He saw her in the fort courting MacLeod.

Item Notes

Sung by the winner of the port-à-beul competition at the Royal National Mòd in Inverness, 1972.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Inverness and Bona

Village/Place - Inverness

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

BBC

Transcription

Cìdh 'n fhidheall, far an fhidheall,
Cìdh 'n fhidheall, far an fhidheall,
Cìdh 'n fhidheall, far an fhidheall,
Cuir an fhidheall air a' bhòrd.
Cìdh 'n fhidheall, far an fhidheall,
Cìdh 'n fhidheall, far an fhidheall,
Cìdh 'n fhidheall, far an fhidheall,
Cuir an fhidheall air a' bhòrd.

Nighean bean Thobhtaiche Dubha,
Nighean bean Thobhtaiche Dubha,
Nighean bean Thobhtaiche Dubha,
Agus piuthar Raghnaill Òig.
Nighean bean Thobhtaiche Dubha,
Nighean bean Thobhtaiche Dubha,
Nighean bean Thobhtaiche Dubha,
Agus piuthar Raghnaill Òig.

Nighean urra mhòir thu,
Nighean urra mhòir thu,
Nighean urra mhòir thu,
Agus ogha 'n duine chòir.
Nighean urra mhòir thu,
Nighean urra mhòir thu,
Nighean urra mhòir thu,
Agus ogha 'n duine chòir.

Chunna mi san Dùn thu,
Chunna mi san Dùn thu,
Chunna mi san Dùn thu,
A' dèanamh sùgradh ri MacLeòid.
Chunna mi san Dùn thu,
Chunna mi san Dùn thu,
Chunna mi san Dùn thu,
A' dèanamh cunntas ri MacLeòid.

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good