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Fàgail Loch an Inbhir

Date 13 July 1955
Track ID 9335
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1955.121.10

Original Tape ID

SA1955.121

Summary

An emigrant's song which the contributor learnt from the singing of an Assynt man who was lodging with her at one time.

A three-verse fragment of nostalgia and longing for his Assynt homeland. The emigrants left Lochinver and went to Glasgow, to board their ship to Canada. He tells of his sadness in Canada, with the wide, cold ocean between him and his sweetheart in Assynt.

Item Notes

Three verses and one refrain. Further text exists in other sources.

Item Location

County - Sutherland

Parish - Assynt

Village/Place - Lochinver

Language

English, Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good