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Ceud Soraidh Bhuam Hù ill òro

Fieldworkers
Date 08 June 1958
Track ID 68292
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1958.43.B6

Original Tape ID

SA1958.043

Summary

This is a waulking song with several sections. In the first section, the composer sends greetings to her lover John Campbell in Harris, and thinks of the times they spent together. The later lines contain references to the MacNeils, followed by lines which refer to the composer's sorrow because of a drowning.

Item Notes

32 half-lines (16 lines) sung. Most of the lines are linked.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Island - Skye

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good