Bheirinn Dhut Iasg, Bheirinn Dhut Iasg
Contributors
Unknown Person
Fieldworkers
Date
21 March 1965
Track ID
96884
Part 1
Track Information
Original Tape ID
Summary
A song of the supernatural. It is supposedly composed by a water-horse, who is pleading with a woman to return to her son. He is the father of the child.
Item Notes
A version of 'A Mhòr a Ghaoil'. The song is often sung as a lullaby.
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - South Uist
Island - Benbecula
Village/Place - Hacklete
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Transcription
Hill iù bha hó hill iù ra hò
Hill iù bha hó hill iù ra hò
Hill iù ra hó hill iù ra hò
'S bheirinn dut iasg, bheirinn dut iasg,
Bheirinn dut iasg, gach nì bh' agam,
Ged nach èirinn leat air madainn
Hill iù bha hó hill iù ra hò
Hill iù bha hó hi iù ra bhó
Hill iù ra hó hill iù ra hò
'S mo laochan donn, mo laochan donn,
Mo laochan donn ri sgàth cnocain
Gun teine, gun tuar, gun fhasgadh.
Hill iù bha hó hill iù ra hò
Hill iù bha hó hi iù ra bhó
Hill iù bha hó hill iù ra hò
Hill iù bha hó hill iù ra hò
Hill iù ra hó hill iù ra hò
'S bheirinn dut iasg, bheirinn dut iasg,
Bheirinn dut iasg, gach nì bh' agam,
Ged nach èirinn leat air madainn
Hill iù bha hó hill iù ra hò
Hill iù bha hó hi iù ra bhó
Hill iù ra hó hill iù ra hò
'S mo laochan donn, mo laochan donn,
Mo laochan donn ri sgàth cnocain
Gun teine, gun tuar, gun fhasgadh.
Hill iù bha hó hill iù ra hò
Hill iù bha hó hi iù ra bhó
Hill iù bha hó hill iù ra hò
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good