A-null gu Màiri is D' Fhaicinn
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Cha d' Fhuair Mi A-raoir...
Cha d' Fhuair Mi Raoir...
Cha Mheòraich Mi facal
Hì hoireann, hi iù a
Alternate Title - Cha Labhair Mi an t-Òran; Cha Mheòraich Mi Facal; Mìle Soraidh is Ceud Fàilte
Contributors - Alasdair Boyd
Reporters - Calum Iain Maclean
Summary - In this waulking song, the composer sends a thousand farewells and a hundred greetings to a girl called Mary. He recalls the happy times they spent together at the sheiling, and how they would be woken by the calling of the deer.
Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:04:30
Date Recorded - 1953.05
Language - Gaelic
Genre - Song, Information
Collection - School of Scottish Studies
Track ID - 5876
Original Tape ID - SA1953.077
Original Track ID - SA1953.77.A3
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R
Item Notes - 7 lines sung. Each line has been sung twice. Text transcribed in the School of Scottish Studies.
See:
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (M. F. Shaw) p. 232
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig) p. 14
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 1, p. 132
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