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Na Hu O Chalumain

Date 1976
Track ID 86709
Part 1

Track Information

Original Tape ID

MOD 1976 GR00705 Reel5

Summary

A waulking song/love song in which a girl hopes that Calum Bàn, the man she loves, will return safely from sea. She describes his galley with its skilled crew but ends by saying that if she is not the one he chooses that she wishes the wind be against him until he returns.

Recording Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Parish - Aberdeen

Village/Place - Aberdeen

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

BBC

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good