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Dh'Èirich Mi Moch Madainn Chèitein

Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID 31802
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1956.99.1

Original Tape ID

SA1956.099

Summary

A love song and a waulking song. A girl is walking the hillside on a May morning and meets another. She asks her for news from Sleat and of Donald, her beloved. She had heard that he was betrothed to the daughter of the Earl and said that, if she found this to be true, she would shed blood and sever sinews and would then sail away to Uist. She asks Colla why she should make it her business to look upon a man without honour who abused her.

Item Notes

27 single-line verses with refrain between each verse. Additional text in 'Hebridean Folksongs', edited by John Lorne Campbell.

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good