Mo Nighean Donn à Còrnaig
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
02 November 1950
Track ID
26529
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0110A.502
Original Tape ID
Summary
This waulking song tells of the murder of the brown-haired girl from Cornaig. The composer wishes he could be near the murderers so that he could draw his sword. He describes the girl's body and the wounds on it. The drink intended for her betrothal and marriage will be drunk at her funeral.
Item Notes
11 couplets sung.
See:
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig) p. 108
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - South Uist
Island - South Uist
Village/Place - Eochar
Item Location
County - Argyllshire
Parish - Tiree
Island - Tiree
Village/Place - Cornaig
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good