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Tha Mo Bhreacan Fliuch fon Dìle

Fieldworkers
Date June 1955
Track ID 19649
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1955.87.A1

Original Tape ID

SA1955.087

Summary

This song was used as a waulking song. In it, the composer complains that his tartan clothes are ruined.

Item Notes

7 couplets plus 3-line choruses sung. Transcribed in the School of Scottish Studies. The composer is sometimes named as 'Am Maor Beag' from Kilmoluag, though this is disputed.

See:
'Còisir na Cloinne'
'Òrain an Eilein' (C. Martin) p. 49

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good