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A Mhairead Òg

Fieldworkers
Date 18 August 1959
Track ID 47932
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1959.104.A6

Original Tape ID

SA1959.104

Summary

A man's love song; a lament for his sweetheart, Mairead. His mother disapproved of his choice of sweetheart and when he saw Mairead going out to the river, she told him that she had seen a lovely wild duck on the river which he should go and hunt. He was deceived, however, and discovered that he had shot his sweetheart instead.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good