O 'S Fhada Bhuainn Anna
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
August 1970
Track ID
1595
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1970.170.B6
Original Tape ID
Summary
In this waulking song, the composer wishes for four fair youths who would sail to Uist. Anna is said to have refused the son of the tacksman of Berneray.
Item Notes
Four couplets sung. Chorus at the beginning and after each couplet. The song is unfinished as the tape comes to an end.
Anna was probably the member of the MacLeans of Boreray, who married John MacDonald of Castleton in Skye in 1690.
See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 3 (John L. Camppbell & F. Collinson eds., 1981) p. 128
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Transcription
O 's fhada bhuainn Anna
E hoireann ó nì do leannan
O 's fhada bhuainn Anna
'S truagh nach fhaighinn-sa air m' òrdugh
Ceathrar de dh'òigearan geala.
Rachadh a dh'Uibhist an eòrna
Is dhan deòin cha tilleadh iad falamh.
Iain is Niall air ràmh-bràghad
'S Eòghainn Bàn aig tobhta amar.
Chuala mi gun d' dhiùlt thu 'n t-àrmann
Mac Fhir Bheàrnaraigh na Hearadh.
E hoireann ó nì do leannan
O 's fhada bhuainn Anna
'S truagh nach fhaighinn-sa air m' òrdugh
Ceathrar de dh'òigearan geala.
Rachadh a dh'Uibhist an eòrna
Is dhan deòin cha tilleadh iad falamh.
Iain is Niall air ràmh-bràghad
'S Eòghainn Bàn aig tobhta amar.
Chuala mi gun d' dhiùlt thu 'n t-àrmann
Mac Fhir Bheàrnaraigh na Hearadh.
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good