Tha Seathan An-diugh na Bhalbhan
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
March 1938
Track ID
62661
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW1004
Original Tape ID
Summary
This is a waulking song. It tells how Seathan, son of the King of Ireland, is dead. The composer tells how she was in Islay and Ireland with him, and attended Mass with him in the Yellow Wood. It would be better to be with Seathan behind a ruin, than to be upstairs with a prince.
Item Notes
See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 2 (Campbell & Collinson) p. 40
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig) p. 119
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Barra
Island - Barra
Village/Place - Castlebay
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Fair