Ailein Duinn
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.42.B4
Original Tape ID
Summary
This waulking song is a lament. The composer tells of her grief as a result of the drowning of the man she was to marry.
Item Notes
Incomplete recording. Stops very suddenly mid line.
This song is said to have been composed by Annie Campbell of Scalpay. Allan Morrison, the man she loved, drowned in 1786.
See:
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (Margaret Fay Shaw ed. 1955) p. 258
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 1 (John L. Campbell/F. Collinson eds., 1969) p. 44
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig ed., 1949) p. 105
'The Gesto Collection' (K. N. MacDonald ed., 1895) appendix p. 6
'Songs of Gaelic Scotland' (A. L. Gillies ed.) p. 50
'Tocher' 22 (The School of Scottish Studies) p. 216
'Tocher' 41 (The School of Scottish Studies p. 304
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - South Uist
Island - South Uist
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Transcription
Hì ri rì a bhó hi o ho
Haoireann ó ho ó hì ó ho
Ailein Duinn, ó hì shiùbhlainn leat.
Chan eil sùgradh nochd air m' aire
Le meud na stoirm is sian na gailleann.
Le meud na stoirm is sian na gailleann
A dh'fhuadaicheas na fir bhon chala.
A dh'fhuadaicheas na fir bhon chala
Ailein Duinn 's tu luaidh nan leannan.
Ailein duinn 's tu luaidh nan leannan
Chuala mi gun deach thu thairis.
Chuala mi gun deach thu thairis
Air a' bhàta chaol, dhubh, dharaich.
Air a' bhàta chaol, dhubh, dharaich
'S gun deach thu air tìr am Manainn.
'S gun deach thu air tìr am Manainn.
'S cha b' e siud mo rogha cala.
'S cha b' e siud mo rogha cala
Ach Caolas Shiadair anns na Hearadh.
Ach Caolas Shiadair anns na Hearadh
[No Loch Miabhaig measg nam beannaibh.]
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good