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Gura Mis' Tha fo Èislean

Date 21 November 1949
Track ID 20334
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0007B.25

Original Tape ID

CW0007B

Summary

In this waulking song, a woman watches a hind and her mate playing together early in the morning. Unlike her, they are happy. In the section which follows the double chorus, the composer wishes she could spend a week in the form of a goose, mallard or seagull. She would swim across the sea, and climb the castle. She would release the youngest son of Clan Lachlan. She describes his handsome appearance.

Item Notes

Recorded during a cèilidh arranged by Mr Calum Maclean of the Irish Folklore Commission.

See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 1 (J. L. Campbell& F. Collinson eds., 1969) p. 96
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (M. F. Shaw ed., 1955) Song 82 p. 216
'Òran-luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig ed., 1949) p. 47

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - Benbecula

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good