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Coisich a Rùin

Date 22 May 1951
Track ID 62493
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0X01

Original Tape ID

CW0X01

Summary

This waulking song has several sections. In the first section, a woman asks to be remembered to her beloved John Campbell in Harris, and describes seeing MacNeil's galleys going to sea. In the section which follows, a woman describes her grief that she will not be going to the wedding of her lover, but to his funeral. The final section refers to a betrothal and tells of the speaker's feelings if another girl referred to her lover.

Item Notes

See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 2 (John L. Campbell & F. Collinson eds., 1977) p. 144
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig ed., 1949) p. 36
'One Hundred and Five Songs of Occupation from the Western Isles of Scotland' (F. Tolmie ed., 1911) p. 211
'Songs Remembered in Exile' (John L. Campbell ed., 1990) p. 92

Recording Location

County - Renfrewshire

Parish - Paisley

Village/Place - Paisley

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good