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Bheirinn Dhut Iasg, Bheirinn Dhut Iasg

Contributors
Date 21 March 1965
Track ID 96884
Part 1

Track Information

Original Tape ID

CannaTape.0065

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

Song

Collection

Canna

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

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good