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Thoir Mo Shoraidh Thar Ghunnaigh

Contributors
Date 1972
Track ID 50384
Part 1

Track Information

Original Tape ID

MOD 1972 GR00020 Reel5

Summary

The poet bids farewell to Mull, where the cuckoo can be heard on every slope before May Day. He sees the boat coming, carrying the coffin of his beloved. He wishes he had died of a fever before he ever came to know her.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Inverness and Bona

Village/Place - Inverness

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

BBC

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good