Till an Crodh Laochain
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
17 June 1970
Track ID
105321
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1970.133
Original Tape ID
Summary
This pibroch song asks Donald to return the cattle. He will get a loving wife if he does so.
The song has been used as a milking song and as a cradle song.
Item Notes
Donald in the song is said to be a young chief of the MacDonalds of Glengarry. He was going to marry the daughter of the MacIntosh chief. Word came that the cattle belonging to MacIntosh were being stolen. MacDonald and his men brought them back.
Cf:
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (Margaret Fay Shaw ed., 1955) songs 48-50
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - South Uist
Island - South Uist
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Transcription
Till an crodh laochain, 's gheibh thu bhean ghaolach,
Till an crodh laochain, 's gheibh thu bhean bhòidheach.
Till an crodh laochain, 's gheibh thu bhean ghaolach,
Till an crodh laochain, 's gheibh thu bhean bhòidheach.
Till an crodh, till an crodh, till an crodh againne,
Till an crodh, till an crodh, till an crodh Dhòmhnaill.
Till an crodh, till an crodh, till an crodh againne,
'S gheibh thu bhean bheadarach, leadanach, bhòidheach.
Till an crodh laochain, 's gheibh thu bhean bhòidheach.
Till an crodh laochain, 's gheibh thu bhean ghaolach,
Till an crodh laochain, 's gheibh thu bhean bhòidheach.
Till an crodh, till an crodh, till an crodh againne,
Till an crodh, till an crodh, till an crodh Dhòmhnaill.
Till an crodh, till an crodh, till an crodh againne,
'S gheibh thu bhean bheadarach, leadanach, bhòidheach.
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good