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Till an Crodh, Fair an Crodh

Date 26 February 1975
Track ID 86963
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1975.82.A3

Original Tape ID

SA1975.082

Summary

This cradle or milking song asks the subject to return the cattle and he will get a playful and beautiful wife. It belongs to the pibroch song tradition.

Item Notes

The contributor learned the song from John MacInnes of Daliburgh (Iain Pheadair).

Donald in the song is said to be a young chief of the MacDonalds of Glengarry. He was going to marry the daughter of the MacIntosh chief. Word came that the cattle belonging to MacIntosh were being stolen. MacDonald and his men brought them back.

See:
'One Hundred and Five Songs of Occupation from the Western Isles of Scotland' (F. Tolmie) song 28
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (M. F. Shaw) songs 48-50

Recording Location

County - Midlothian

Parish - Edinburgh

Village/Place - Edinburgh

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good