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Chunna Mise Mo Leannan

Date 1953
Track ID 7484
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1953.43.B6

Original Tape ID

SA1953.043

Summary

In the opening lines of this waulking song, as sung here, a girl tells how her lover has passed by on horseback, ignoring her completely. The lines which follow are in praise of Clan Donald, and tell how they swore on the Bible at Auldearn [1645] that their swords would not be sheathed until King James was crowned.

Item Notes

Nine couplets sung plus choruses.

See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 3 (Campbell/Collinson) p. 156
'An t-Òranaiche' (Gilleasbaig Mac na Ceàrdadh) p. 504
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig) p. 34
'Gaelic Songs in Nova Scotia' (Creighton/MacLeod) p. 190
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (M. F. Shaw) song 90
'Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness' vol. 26, p. 240

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good