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A Mhòr a Mhòr Till rid Mhacan

Date June 1964
Track ID 99707
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1964.29.B1

Original Tape ID

SA1964.029

Summary

The contributor tells the story of a water-horse who fathered the child of a mortal woman. She eventually escaped from him as he slept. The song is supposedly composed by the water-horse, who is singing to the child and pleading with Morag to return to her son. It is a lullaby.

Item Notes

The contributor's mother sang the song when spinning, rather than as a lullaby.

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Kilmuir

Island - Skye

Village/Place - Loch Sneosdal

Language

Gaelic

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good