Coisich a Rùin
Track Information
Original Track ID
CDC.7.12
Original Tape ID
Summary
This waulking song has several sections. In the first, a woman sends her wishes to her beloved John Campbell in Harris. He is a hunter of geese, seals and swans. The section which follows refers to the MacNeils going to sea in their galley and blesses the wright who worked on it and made it seaworthy. In the final section, the composer is distraught. There is a gathering which is not for a wedding, but for a burial.
Item Notes
Copy of Ediphone wax cylinder recording. 18 lines sung. The lines are divided into halves. Each line is repeated.
See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 2 (John L. Campbell & F. Collinson eds, 1977) p. 144
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig ed., 1949) p. 36
'One Hundred and Five Songs of Occupation from the Western Isles of Scotland' (F. Tolmie ed., 1911) p. 211
'Songs Remembered in Exile' (John L. Campbell ed., 1990) p. 92
Non Scottish Recording Location
Canada, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island, Christmas Island, Benacadie
Non Scottish Recording Location
Canada, Alba Nuadh, Eilean Cheap Bhreatainn, Benacadie Eilean na Nollaig
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Disc
Audio Quality
Fair