Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Tiotal a' Chlàir - The Lovely Irish Maid
Fiosraichean - Sheila Stewart
Luchd-clàraidh -

Geàrr-chunntas - This song, a dialogue between two lovers, is set in Ireland. The man is going to America and swears he will remember his sweetheart, but she thinks he will forget her for some American girl. She is also worried that he will drown on the voyage. He says he will stay and asks her to marry him.

Fad a' Chlàir (h:m:s) - 00:04:09
Àm Clàraidh - 1954.09
Cànan - Beurla
Seòrsa - Òran
Cruinneachadh - Sgoil Eòlais na h-Alba

Àireamh a' Chlàir - 34255
Àireamh an Teip Thùsail - SA1954.124
Àireamh a' Chlàir Thùsail - SA1954.124.2
Càileachd an Fhuaime - Truagh
Cruth Inneal a' Chlàir - R2R

Seòrsachadh - R6319;


Àite Clàraidh:
  Siorrachd - Siorrachd Pheairt
  Paraiste - Blàr Ghobharaidh
  Baile/Àite - Blàr Ghobharaidh

Notaichean a' Chlàir - 6 verses. Last verse is three lines only, all other stanzas have four lines.
Also known as 'Blackwaterside'. This version concerns a young man about to go to America assuring his young lady that he will not forget her. It must be distinguished from another song also called 'Blackwaterside' which is about a faithless lover.
Sheila Stewart learned this from her mother Belle Stewart.
See:
'Till Doomsday in the Afternoon' (MacColl and Seeger, 1986) pp. 206-207

Ceangal Maireannach - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/gd/fullrecord/34255/1


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