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Cadal Cha Dèan Mi

Date 1989
Track ID 92680
Part 1

Track Information

Original Tape ID

MOD 1989 002 GR00447

Summary

A love song in which the bard says that she is not able to sleep because she is not with her darling. Her beloved is not black or brown-haired but blonde. She praises his qualities as a seaman, writer and reader. She climbed to a high point to see his ship. When she ran aground, he saved all aboard.

Item Notes

Recorded at the National Mòd.

Recording Location

County - Ross and Cromarty

Parish - Stornoway

Island - Lewis

Village/Place - Stornoway

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

BBC

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good