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Mo Chridhe Trom, 's Mo Shùil Silteach

Date 14 December 1949
Track ID 21398
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0020.83

Original Tape ID

CW0020

Summary

This waulking song is a lament for a girl named as Mary. The composer was at her grave the previous night. Mary's lover is to be betrothed to someone else. The text here suggests that Mary has had a son who was buried with her.

Item Notes

28 lines plus choruses sung.

See:
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig ed., 1949) p. 75

Recording Location

County - Renfrewshire

Parish - Paisley

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good