'S e mo Leannan Calum Gaolach
Contributors
Date
April 1951
Track ID
35122
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0163B.882
Original Tape ID
Summary
In this fragment from a waulking song, a woman says that beloved Calum is her sweetheart. He did not lie in her bed the previous night, and will not do so tonight if the walls will keep him out.
Item Notes
4 lines sung plus choruses. The lines are linked.
See:
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (M. F. Shaw ed. 1955) p. 213 (Song 80)
'One Hundred and Five Songs of Occupation from the Western Isles of Scotland' (F. Tolmie ed.) Song 68
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Small Isles
Island - Canna
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good