O hùg o, Chailleach Chrùbach
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID
40457
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CDC.1.2
Original Tape ID
Summary
This waulking song lampoons a lame old woman in a very comical manner, telling of how she is, amongst other things, deceitful.
Item Notes
8 lines with refrain (1st line repeated). Copied from Ediphone Wax Cylinder recorder. It is part of an argument in verse between Nic Iain Fhinn from Barra and Nic a' Mhanaich from Uist.
See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 2 (John L. Campbell & F. Collinson eds., 1977) pp. 113-121
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Island - Barra
Parish - Barra
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Disc
Audio Quality
Fair