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Cò Siud Thall air Sràid na h-Eala

Date 02 June 1988
Track ID 98314
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1988.112

Original Tape ID

SA1988.112

Summary

A waulking song associated with Clan MacNeil of Barra. The composer says that if she had the power, she would give them various islands and parts of the west Highlands.

Item Notes

Recorded at a concert in the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, honouring Hamish Henderson on the occasion of his retirement.

See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 1 (J. L. Campbell & F. Collinson) pp. 134-136

Recording Location

County - Midlothian

Parish - Edinburgh

Village/Place - Edinburgh

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Transcription




Cò siud thall air sràid na h-eala
Faill ill óro fàill iù ill ó
Faill iù ill ó hó ro èile
Faill ill óro fàill iù ill ó

Tha iad ann Clann Nìll à Barraigh
Faill ill óro fàill iù ill ó
Faill iù ill ó hó ro èile
Faill ill óro fàill iù ill ó

A Rìgh nam bithinn-sa roinn an fhearainn
Faill ill óro fàill iù ill ó
Faill iù ill ó hó ro èile
Faill ill óro fàill iù ill ó

Cha b' e ur cuid dheth bhith falamh
Faill ill óro fàill iù ill ó
Faill iù ill ó hó ro èile
Faill ill óro fàill iù ill ó

Bu leibh Rùm is Eige is Canaigh
Faill ill óro fàill iù ill ó
Faill iù ill ó hó ro èile
Faill ill óro fàill iù ill ó

Eilean nam Muc fo 'r cuid ghearran
Faill ill óro fàill iù ill ó
Faill iù ill ó hó ro èile
Faill ill óro fàill iù ill ó

Colbhasaigh fo 'r caoraich gheala
Faill ill óro fàill iù ill ó
Faill iù ill ó hó ro èile
Faill ill óro fàill iù ill ó

Uibhist mhòr gu dèanamh arain
Faill ill óro fàill iù ill ó
Faill iù ill ó hó ro èile
Faill ill óro fàill iù ill ó

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair