'S an Cluinn, an Cluinn, an Cluinn Thu Iain
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
30 July 1959
Track ID
106589
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1959.67.A5
Original Tape ID
Summary
This is a lullaby with a very simple structure. It begins: "Iain, can you hear it? The cuckoo is in the forest and the night is coming."
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Barra
Island - Barra
Village/Place - Skallary
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Transcription
An cluinn, an cluinn, an cluinn thu Iain
An cluinn, an cluinn, an cluinn thu Iain
An cluinn, an cluinn, an cluinn thu Iain
A' chuthag sa choill' 's an oidhche tighinn, o thà.
O thà o thà o thà o hì
O thà o thà o thà o hì
O thà o thà o thà o hi
'S ann a' tiodhlacadh caillich sna Hearadh bha mi.
An cluinn, an cluinn, an cluinn thu Iain
An cluinn, an cluinn, an cluinn thu Iain
An cluinn, an cluinn, an cluinn thu Iain
A' chuthag sa choill' 's an oidhche tighinn, o thà.
O thà o thà o thà o hì
O thà o thà o thà o hì
O thà o thà o thà o hì
'S ann a-muigh air a' bhuailidh dh'fhàs am buachaille tinn, o thà.
An cluinn, an cluinn, an cluinn thu Iain
An cluinn, an cluinn, an cluinn thu Iain
An cluinn, an cluinn, an cluinn thu Iain
A' chuthag sa choill' 's an oidhche tighinn, o thà.
An cluinn, an cluinn, an cluinn thu Iain
An cluinn, an cluinn, an cluinn thu Iain
A' chuthag sa choill' 's an oidhche tighinn, o thà.
O thà o thà o thà o hì
O thà o thà o thà o hì
O thà o thà o thà o hi
'S ann a' tiodhlacadh caillich sna Hearadh bha mi.
An cluinn, an cluinn, an cluinn thu Iain
An cluinn, an cluinn, an cluinn thu Iain
An cluinn, an cluinn, an cluinn thu Iain
A' chuthag sa choill' 's an oidhche tighinn, o thà.
O thà o thà o thà o hì
O thà o thà o thà o hì
O thà o thà o thà o hì
'S ann a-muigh air a' bhuailidh dh'fhàs am buachaille tinn, o thà.
An cluinn, an cluinn, an cluinn thu Iain
An cluinn, an cluinn, an cluinn thu Iain
An cluinn, an cluinn, an cluinn thu Iain
A' chuthag sa choill' 's an oidhche tighinn, o thà.
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good