Tha Caolas Eadar Mi 's Iain
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Campbell, Dr John Lorne, 1906-1996 (614)
Unknown Person
Date
05 April 1951
Track ID
34033
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0146A.720
Original Tape ID
Summary
In this waulking song the composer complains that there is a deep ocean between her and Iain. She wishes it would ebb before daybreak, so that she could go to see her secret lover.
Item Notes
Seven lines sung plus choruses. Each line is sung twice. According to the singer's father, Roderick MacKinnon, the woman who composed this song loved Iain, who is mentioned in the title, but he did not love her.
See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 2 (J. L. Campbell & F. Collinson eds., 1977) p. 62
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Barra
Island - Barra
Village/Place - Castlebay
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good