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Cas na Caora Hiortaich O

Date 09 November 1950
Track ID 48109
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0114A525

Original Tape ID

CW0114A

Summary

This dance tune is about a St Kilda sheep with nimble feet. The sheep was angry as it did not like being moved to hilly ground. It could move very quickly and others could not keep up with it. When the sheep and her lamb went over to the sunny side, she became cross and her chain rattled.

Item Notes

Four quatrains and five choruses sung. The third is a repeat of the first.

See:
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (M. F. Shaw, 1955) song 58

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Village/Place - Lochboisdale

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Harris

Island - Hirta (St Kilda)

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good