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Hò Ro Gur Toigh Leinn Anna

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1964.062

Original Tape ID

SA1964.062

Summary

In this waulking song the composer describes how she is unable to make tweed or take part in any of the work involved. Various local people are named.

Item Notes

Composed by Mrs Catriona Campbell, South Lochboisdale. She was a sister of the bards Iain and Seonaidh Caimbeul. She was an invalid when she composed the song.

See:
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (Margaret Fay Shaw ed., 1955) song 107, p. 264

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good