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Tha Mi Dubhach Trom Deurach

Date 14 December 1949
Track ID 21402
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0020.85

Original Tape ID

CW0020

Summary

This little-known waulking song has two sections. The first describes the situation in the township, and the bad weather. It goes on to talk of a ship in the strait. If it cannot land, the blood of the young earl, and of MacLeod and MacNeil of Barra will be on the rocks. In the other section of the song, the composer speaks about the man she loves, and she describes how he is dressed.

Item Notes

26 lines sung plus choruses.

See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 3 (J. L. Campbell / F. Collinson eds., 1981) p. 121

Item Subject/Person

MacLeod; MacNeil of Barra

Recording Location

County - Renfrewshire

Parish - Paisley

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good