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Am Bothan a Bh' aig Fionnghala

Fieldworkers
Date November 1964
Track ID 72263
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1964.80.A5

Original Tape ID

SA1964.080

Summary

This comical piece of mouth-music tells of a person called 'Fionnghala'. The verse tells of how the blacksmith said that he would go courting.

Item Notes

1 verse with chorus.

See:
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist (Margaret Fay Shaw ed. 1955) Song 71

Recording Location

County - Midlothian

Parish - Edinburgh

Village/Place - Edinburgh

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Barra

Island - Vatersay

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good