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An Cùl Bachallach

Date February 1953
Track ID 2036
Part 1
Part 2

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1953.08.A5

Original Tape ID

SA1953.008

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

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good