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Tha Mulad, tha Mulad, tha Leann-dubh Orm Buan

Date c. 1958
Track ID 47082
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CannaOT.5

Original Tape ID

CannaTape.0037

Summary

In this waulking song the author says that she will not climb the hills. She is not lamenting her friend or her lover. She is lamenting her brother who has drowned and who is amongst the seaweed. His bed is still unmade.

Item Notes

See:
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig ed., 1949) p. 48

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good