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Dèan Suidhe 's gun Gabhainn Sgeula Hirilinn is Hogaibh ò

Fieldworkers
Date October 1954
Track ID 105830
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1954.138.1

Original Tape ID

SA1954.138

Summary

A waulking song in which a woman tells of hearing that the man she loved was now to marry, and describes what she would do. In the later lines the woman tells how she was raped.

Item Notes

Sixteen lines.

Recording Location

County - Midlothian

Parish - Edinburgh

Village/Place - Edinburgh

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good