Am Bròn Binn
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID
5769
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1953.44.A7
Original Tape ID
Summary
This ballad tells how the King of Scotland saw a beautiful woman in a dream and Fionn Falaich [Sir Gawain] went off in a ship to find her. When he finally found her in a castle, she was seated on a throne of gold. She asked him to put his head on her knee, so that she could play harp music for him. This made him fall into a charmed sleep. The woman took a sword from her belt and cut off his head.
Item Notes
Transcribed in the School of Scottish Studies.
See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 2 (Campbell/Collinson) p. 18
'Leabhar na Fèinne' (J. F. Campbell) p. 208
'Clàrsach na Coille' (MacLean) 2nd edition, p. 195
'Songs of Gaelic Scotland' (A. L. Gillies) p. 322
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good