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Hò Ro Hù A Nighean Dubh Nighean Donn

Date
Track ID 1366
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1952.128.6

Original Tape ID

SA1952.127.128

Summary

This is a sailor's love song. He knows that someone else is courting the girl he loves, while he is at sea. He hopes that she will not take the herdsman. Why should she take an old man when a young man has made his promise to her?

Item Notes

5 couplets plus 3-line chorus at the beginning and after each couplet. ABA refrain.

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good