Latha siubhal beinne dhomh
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID
39128
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CDC.XXIII
Original Tape ID
Summary
This is a clapping song. In it, a man tells how he met a pretty girl gathering flowers and watercress, and asked her for a kiss. She told him to go away as he was nothing but a shaggy peasant, and went on to tell him how the people in her house were very refined.
Item Notes
20 lines sung. This version was published by the Linguaphone Institute in 'Gaelic Folksongs from the Isle of Barra'.
See:
'Scottish Tradition' 3 (The School of Scottish Studies) Notes p. 5
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Island - Barra
Parish - Barra
Village/Place - Castlebay
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Disc
Audio Quality
Fair