Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Title - Amhran Chaluim Sgàire
Contributors - Professor Derick S. Thomson
Reporters - Calum Iain Maclean

Summary - In this sailor's song, the bard tells how he is not very happy in his life at sea. He thinks of the girl he loved, and says he would prefer to be back in Bosta planting barley.

Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:02:05
Date Recorded - 1949.12.13
Language - Gaelic
Genre - Song
Collection - Canna

Track ID - 21232
Original Tape ID - CW0018
Original Track ID - CW0018.74



Recording Location:
  County - Lanarkshire
  Parish - Glasgow


Item Location:
  County - Ross and Cromarty
  Parish - Uig
  Island - Bernera

Item Notes - 5 quatrains sung. The composer was Malcolm MacAulay (Calum Sgàire).
A woman called Margaret MacLeod was in love with Calum. Her mother did not want her to marry a sailor however. She wanted Margaret to marry an older man. Margaret and Calum arranged to meet one dark night, but missed each other. The next morning, Calum sailed away. Margaret had to marry the other man.
See:
'Eilean Fraoich' p. 50; p. 179
'Tocher' 9 (The School of Scottish Studies) p.34

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