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Am Bròn Binn

Date 1953
Track ID 5769
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1953.44.A7

Original Tape ID

SA1953.044

Summary

This ballad tells how the King of Scotland saw a beautiful woman in a dream and Fionn Falaich [Sir Gawain] went off in a ship to find her. When he finally found her in a castle, she was seated on a throne of gold. She asked him to put his head on her knee, so that she could play harp music for him. This made him fall into a charmed sleep. The woman took a sword from her belt and cut off his head.

Item Notes

Transcribed in the School of Scottish Studies.

See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 2 (Campbell/Collinson) p. 18
'Leabhar na Fèinne' (J. F. Campbell) p. 208
'Clàrsach na Coille' (MacLean) 2nd edition, p. 195
'Songs of Gaelic Scotland' (A. L. Gillies) p. 322

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good