Bhean ud A-staigh Bheil thu 'd Fhaireachadh?
Track Information
Original Track ID
CDC.XXIII
Original Tape ID
Summary
In the opening lines of this waulking song, the composer addresses an unknown woman and asks if the boat can come. The other lines are addressed to beloved Ronald, and tell of the house he is to build. It will be visited by the nobility.
Item Notes
Nineteen half-lines sung. Each one has been sung twice. This version was published by the Linguaphone Institute in 'Gaelic Folksongs from the Isle of Barra'.
See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 1, no. III
Other versions:
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (M. F. Shaw) p. 242
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig) p. 81
'Fr Allan MS' folios 35 & 86
'The Killearnan MS' p. 198 (from Nurse Marion MacLennan) – printed in 'The MacDonald Collection of Gaelic Poetry' p. 254
'Songs of the Hebrides' II, p. 157 (art version)
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Barra
Island - Barra
Village/Place - Castlebay
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Disc
Audio Quality
Fair