Iomairibh Eutrom
Contributors
Date
August 1953
Track ID
97298
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1953.194.B7
Original Tape ID
Summary
A rowing song or waulking song that begins: "The dairymaid went to the beach / To do something others would not do / To gather shellfish at high tide."
Item Notes
The refrain suggests that this song was originally a rowing song, but it was used in Kilmuir, Skye, as a waulking song.
See:
'Tocher' 1 (The School of Scottish Studies) p. 5
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Inverness and Bona
Village/Place - Inverness
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair