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Ailein Duinn ò hì Shiùbhlainn Leat

Date 1954
Track ID 89195
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CannaTape.0088

Original Tape ID

CannaTape.0088

Summary

In this lament, often used as a waulking song, the composer tells of her grief as a result of the drowning of the man she was to marry.

Item Notes

The song is said to have been composed by Annie Campbell of Scalpay. Allan Morrison, the man she loved, drowned in 1786.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Barra

Island - Barra

Village/Place - Castlebay

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good