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'S Mise a Chunnaic An-diugh an t-Iongnadh

Date
Track ID 39122
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CDC.XXII

Original Tape ID

album_02_D03-B

Summary

The main subject of this waulking song is a seal-woman sitting on a rock.

Item Notes

Fifteen half-lines sung. Each has been repeated.

See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 1, no. VI

Other versions:
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig) p. 112
'One Hundred and Five Songs of Occupation from the Western Isles of Scotland' (Frances Tolmie) no. 61
'Puirt-à-beul' (K. N. MacDonald) p. 45
'More Songs of the Hebrides' (Kennedy-Fraser) p. vii

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Island - Barra

Parish - Barra

Village/Place - Castlebay

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Disc

Audio Quality

Fair