Tobar Tobar Sìolaidh
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Unknown Person
Date
03 August 1950
Track ID
25901
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0098C.423
Original Tape ID
Summary
This Gaelic children's song says:
"Spring, spring, settle,
Spring, spring, settle,
A king's daughter taking a drink
And the goats calling out."
Item Notes
4 lines (sung twice). Recorded by the Barra Folklore Committee.
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Barra
Island - Barra
Village/Place - Castlebay
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Transcription
Fear Neo-ainmichte: This is Miss Annie Johnston of Glen, Barra, singing Tobar, Tobar, Sìolaidh.
Anna NicIain: Nuair a bhiomaid a' taomadh an tobair nuair a bha sinn nar cloinn, bhiodh an tobar uaireannan a' dol troimh-a-chèile, agus fad 's a bhiomaid a' feitheamh gus an sìoladh e, bhiomaid a' gabhail an duain a bha seo.
Tobar, tobar, sìolaidh
Tobar, tobar, sìolaidh
Nighean rìgh ag òl dighe
'S na gobhair ag èigheach.
Tobar, tobar, sìolaidh
Tobar, tobar, sìolaidh
Nighean rìgh ag òl dighe
'S na gobhair ag èigheach.
Anna NicIain: Nuair a bhiomaid a' taomadh an tobair nuair a bha sinn nar cloinn, bhiodh an tobar uaireannan a' dol troimh-a-chèile, agus fad 's a bhiomaid a' feitheamh gus an sìoladh e, bhiomaid a' gabhail an duain a bha seo.
Tobar, tobar, sìolaidh
Tobar, tobar, sìolaidh
Nighean rìgh ag òl dighe
'S na gobhair ag èigheach.
Tobar, tobar, sìolaidh
Tobar, tobar, sìolaidh
Nighean rìgh ag òl dighe
'S na gobhair ag èigheach.
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good