B' e Siud an Cùl, Seo an Cùl Bachalach
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
1950
Track ID
51920
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0203.1205
Original Tape ID
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
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good