Cailin Òg as Stiùireamaiche
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1953.44.B7
Original Tape ID
Summary
This text falls into several sections. The first describes the characters of women. Some are senseless and shameless, while others are bold and manly.
The following section says: "I lay in a fever that day, and for a year and a quarter. She didn't come to see me until five quarters had passed."
The final section says: "I climbed to the highest window and saw the king's children with a golden shinty stick and silver balls. I took a stick and scored two goals against them."
Item Notes
This song appears to be a ballad adapted as a waulking song, and its chorus line is possibly what Pistol is referring to in his words "Calen o custure me" in Shakespeare's 'Henry V'.
See:
'An t-Òranaiche' (Gilleasbaig Mac na Ceàrdadh) p. 21
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 2 (Campbell/Collinson) p. 44
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good