Eala air a' Chuan
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
01 May 1958
Track ID
45813
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CannaOT.3
Original Tape ID
Summary
In this love song the composer tells of a dream in which he saw a swan swimming in the sea. The girl he loved beguiled him when he was young and foolish, but has been enticed from him.
Item Notes
See:
'Tocher' 52 (The School of Scottish Studies) p. 139
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - South Uist
Island - South Uist
Village/Place - Bornish
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Transcription
[???] mi raoir
An eal' air a' chuan 's i snàmh
'S mo leannan 's mi fhìn
Sinn cho fada bhon tìr an-dràst'.
Gur e brìodal do bheòil
A mheall mi 's mi òg is faoin
Ach ma chuir thu rium cùl
Gum bi m' aigne-sa triall a-chaoidh.
An eal' air a' chuan 's i snàmh
'S mo leannan 's mi fhìn
Sinn cho fada bhon tìr an-dràst'.
Gur e brìodal do bheòil
A mheall mi 's mi òg is faoin
Ach ma chuir thu rium cùl
Gum bi m' aigne-sa triall a-chaoidh.
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good