'S e Nighean mo Ghaoil an Nighean Donn Òg
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
March 1938
Track ID
43422
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CDC.7.20
Original Tape ID
Summary
In this song the bard tells of his love for a young brown-haired girl. He gave her his love when he was young. He doesn't want to let her go milking for fear of the other boys and the herdsmen. At the end of the song he says that Mary Nicolson is the fairest person.
Item Notes
This song seems to be a variant version of a song by Duncan Bàn MacIntyre. In Duncan Bàn's song the girl is named as Màiri NicNeachdain, rather than MacNeacail as sung here.
See:
'The Songs of Duncan Bàn MacIntyre' (Angus MacLeod ed., 1952) p. 102
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Barra
Island - Barra
Village/Place - Castlebay
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Disc
Audio Quality
Fair