Hò Ro Hù A Nighean Dubh Nighean Donn
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
04 June 1952
Track ID
1366
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1952.128.6
Original Tape ID
Summary
This is a sailor's love song. He knows that someone else is courting the girl he loves, while he is at sea. He hopes that she will not take the herdsman. Why should she take an old man when a young man has made his promise to her?
Item Notes
5 couplets plus 3-line chorus at the beginning and after each couplet. ABA refrain.
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good