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Air Fàillirinn Ìllirinn Ochoirinn O

Date January 1956
Track ID 34578
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1956.27.A10

Original Tape ID

SA1956.027

Summary

A love song which relates an incident when her beloved was press-ganged into the army. She watched while he took the money from them and drank from the bottles. She wishes she could have been by his side to swap the strong drink with brine or drinking water. She fears he has joined the army in the fort and when they are dressed in their red-coats that he will be in the vanguard of the army.

Item Notes

Seven verses with refrain between each verse. This is a song about press-ganging.

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good