'S a Ghaoil Leig Dhachaigh gum Mhàthair Mi
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
April 1963
Track ID
85703
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1963.15.A7
Original Tape ID
Summary
This song takes the form of a conversation between a girl and a water horse. The girl is asking him to let her return home to her mother. The water horse has other ideas. It is clear from the last verse that the girl escaped.
Item Notes
See:
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (Margaret Fay Shaw ed. 1955) Song 55
'The Gesto Collection' (K. N. MacDonald ed., 1895) p. 25
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good