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Hi ù ò ra hù bhò

Date February 1953
Track ID 2026
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1953.08.A2

Original Tape ID

SA1953.008

Summary

In this song a woman tells of her sorrow after the drowning of her beloved, describing his body in the sea and his hair being tossed among the seaweed.

Item Notes

Text transcribed in the School of Scottish Studies.

See:
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig) p. 48
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 1 (Campbell/Collinson) p. 120

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good