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'S a Ghaoil Leig Dhachaigh gum Mhàthair Mi

Date April 1963
Track ID 85703
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1963.15.A7

Original Tape ID

SA1963.015

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

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good