An Cùl Bachallach
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
February 1953
Track ID
2036
Part 1
Part 2
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1953.08.A5
Original Tape ID
Summary
This love song from Skye was composed by a woman known as Beathag Mhòr who fell in love with a member of the gentry generally known by his Gaelic title 'Màrtainn a' Bhealaich'. Beathag had two sons by Martin but, in spite of her love for him, he deserted her and married a member of the MacLeod family of Raasay.
Item Notes
Text transcribed in the School of Scottish Studies. The song is thought to date from the late 18th century.
See:
'Òrain an Eilein' (C. Martin ed., 2001) p. 12
'Songs of Gaelic Scotland' (Anne Lorne Gillies ed., 2005) p. 337
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good