Cò Siud Thall air Sràid na h-Eala
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
02 June 1988
Track ID
98314
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1988.112
Original Tape ID
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
Collection
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