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Tha Seathan An-diugh na Bhalbhan

Date March 1938
Track ID 62661
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW1004

Original Tape ID

CW1004A+B

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

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Fair