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Fios 'm Fhìn gun Tig gam Iarraidh

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1952.38.A9

Original Tape ID

SA1952.038

Summary

The composer of this waulking song knows that the earl's son will send her a message, a servant, a letter, a horse and a saddle. However, he will not get her this year, as her parents will have married her to a deaf, dun-coloured man. He would need 12 yards of cloth for a coat. The woman wishes she had MacDonald from Lochaber. She would sleep with him anywhere.

Item Notes

Recorded in the Phonetics Department at Edinburgh University.

See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 2 (J. L. Campbell & F. Collinson eds., 1977) p. 72

Recording Location

County - Midlothian

Parish - Edinburgh

Village/Place - Edinburgh

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good