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Mheall Thu, Mheall Thu, Mheall Thu Mi

Fieldworkers
Date April 1957
Track ID 101463
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1957.014

Original Tape ID

SA1957.014

Summary

A man's song of unrequited love. He has been forsaken by the girl he loves. She had told him through the winter months that there would be no other but him, but when a wealthier man came along she turned her back on him. He first met her when he was scything barley at the local manse, and she was tying the barley sheaves; at dinner he noticed her beauty and comeliness. Towards the end of the song he shows his bitterness when he says that the extent of his love for her was not so great that it could not be taken back, or completely forgotten, and that he could easily find another to take her place.

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good