Tha Mo Bhreacan-sa fon Dìle

Original Track ID

SA1958.39.A4

Original Tape ID

SA1958.039

Summary

The contributor sings part of a version of an old waulking song. It mentions place names in the south and in the north of Skye and also a voyage to another inhospitable island.

Item Notes

Five 2-line verses, plus a chorus, of a localised version of this well-known waulking song. Fairly similar versions of it, relating it roughly to Lochaber, appear in the K. C. Craig collection, 'Òrain Luaidh', p. 116, and in the appendix to 'The Gesto Collection', p. 31. The contributor's tune differs from the tune in the Gesto Collection.

Recording Location

Item Location

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good