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Chunnaic Mise Mo Leannan

Date 03 April 1951
Track ID 5293
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1951.26.B7

Original Tape ID

SA1951.026

Summary

In the first three couplets of this waulking song, a woman tells how she saw her lover pass by on a lightly-stepping grey horse the previous day. He did not acknowledge her. The lines which follow have Jacobite references and express the hope that King James will be crowned.

Item Notes

Text transcribed in the School of Scottish Studies. Seven couplets sung.

See also:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 3 (Campbell/Collinson) p. 156
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig) p. 34
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (M. F. Shaw) song 90
'An t-Òranaiche' (Gilleasbaig Mac na Ceàrdadh) p. 504
'Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness' vol. 26, p. 240

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good