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B' e Siud an Cùl, Seo an Cùl Bachalach

Date 1950
Track ID 51920
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0203.1205

Original Tape ID

CW0203

Summary

This love song from Skye was composed by a woman known as Beathag Mhòr who fell in love with a member of the gentry generally known by his Gaelic title 'Màrtainn a' Bhealaich'. Beathag had two sons by Martin, but in spite of her love for him, he deserted her and married a member of the MacLeod family of Raasay.

Item Notes

See:
'Òrain an Eilein' (C. Martin ed., 2001) p. 12
'Songs of Gaelic Scotland' (Anne Lorne Gillies ed., 2005) p. 337

Recording Location

County - Argyllshire

Parish - Kilmore and Kilbride

Village/Place - Oban

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good