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Coisich a Rùin

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Date 05 December 1963
Track ID 96600
Part 1

Track Information

Original Tape ID

CannaTape.0061

Summary

In this waulking song the composer sends greetings to her lover, John Campbell, in Harris. She thinks of the many times when she lay with him.

Item Notes

See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 2 (John L. Campbell & F. Collinson eds., 1977) p. 144
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig ed., 1949) p. 36
'One Hundred and Five Songs of Occupation from the Western Isles of Scotland' (F. Tolmie ed., 1911) p. 211
'Songs Remembered in Exile' (John L. Campbell ed., 1990) p. 92

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Village/Place - Lochboisdale

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good