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Crodh Chailein

Contributors
Date 1976
Track ID 87266
Part 1

Track Information

Original Tape ID

MOD 1976 GR01476 Reel2

Summary

This song belongs to the fairy song tradition and was used as a milking song or lullaby. Colin's cattle referred to in the song are the deer.

Item Notes

See:
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (M. F. Shaw) p. 54
'The Gesto Collection' (K. N. MacDonald) pp. 19 and 38
'One Hundred and Five Songs of Occupation from the Western Isles of Scotland' (F. Tolmie) song 84

Recording Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Parish - Aberdeen

Village/Place - Aberdeen

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

BBC

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good