Horò ho bhì hòireannan
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
June 1955
Track ID
19714
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1955.87.A8
Original Tape ID
Summary
In this waulking song, a woman tells how she saw her lover pass by on a lightly-stepping grey horse. He did not acknowledge her, and she is saddened by this.
Item Notes
8 couplets sung plus 3-line choruses.
See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 3 (J. L. Campbell & F. Collinson) p. 156
'An t-Òranaiche' (Gilleasbaig Mac na Ceàrdadh) p. 504
'Òrain-luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig) p. 34
'Gaelic Songs in Nova Scotia' (Creighton & MacLeod) p. 190
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (M. F. Shaw) Song 90
'Transactions of the Gaelic Socety of Inverness' vol. 26 p. 240
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good