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Ochòin a' Rìgh Bu Mhì Brònag

Date c. July 1964
Track ID 85321
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1964.51.A4

Original Tape ID

SA1964.051

Summary

In this waulking song, a girl complains that she is being forced to marry a man she does not like. Among other things he is deaf and dun-coloured, and his head is bigger than a peatstack. The second section of the song makes it clear that she loves a man from Lochaber and would like to be with him.

Item Notes

See:
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig ed., 1949) p. 42
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 2 (J. L. Campbell & F. Collinson eds., 1977) pp. 72 - 76

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good