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A Nighean Bhuidhe Bhàn

Contributors
Date c. July 1964
Track ID 86166
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1964.43.A10

Original Tape ID

SA1964.043

Summary

This is a love song. A man tells a girl that if she will go with him, he will buy her a silk gown, a cloak, shoes and stockings, and gold rings. The girl replies that she cannot take him without her parent's approval. A nobleman already wants her and her parents expect that he will marry her.

Item Notes

The contributor learned the song from her mother.

Cf.
'Sàr Obair nam Bàrd Gaelach' (MacKenzie ed.) p. 415 of 1907 edition

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good