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Nach Freagair Thu, Chairistìona

Date 1953
Track ID 5809
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1953.44.B1

Original Tape ID

SA1953.044

Summary

These lines from a waulking song ask: "Won't you answer me, Cairistìona? If you did, I would hear you. We spent a year in the king's court, sewing linen, cutting silk and embroidering shirts."

Item Notes

7 lines sung.

See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 1 (Campbell/Collinson) p. 54
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig) p. 87

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good