Identifier Number NS023211
Title Taladh na Bean Shith
Alternative Title Tàladh Mhic Leòid
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First Line Chorus
First Line Verse ’S e mo leanabh mingileiseach, maingileiseach
Classifications Supernatural , Lullaby
Subjects MacLeod of Dunbheagan
Structure No structure
Place Of Origin Scotland
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Collection Number Vol. 3. No. 45
Publication Title Mac-Talla
Editor Jonathan G. MacKinnon
Publisher Jonathan G. MacKinnon
Publication Date May 11 1895
Page Number 8
Online Access https://dasg.ac.uk/LIL/mactalla/3/45/8
Notes 1 Tha e air aithris o cheann iomadh linn air ais gun d’ thàinig a’ bhean shith am beul an anmoich gu Lùchairt Mhic Leòid Dhunbheagain, ’s an Eilein Sgiathanach, agus gu’n ghabh i staigh troimh gach dorus agus seòmar gus an d’ ràinig i an t-ionad ’s an robh an t-oighre ’n a chadal, ’s e ’n a naoidhean òg. Thog i air a glùn e ’s sheinn i le guth binn leadarra an tàladh neo-chumanta ’leanas; an sin chàraich i an leanabh anns a’ chreathail far an d’ fhuair i e, agus le ’h-earradh fada uaine ’s le ’h-aogasg neo-shaoghalta, gun fhocal á beul, no sealladh o ’sùil, thog i mach ris an aonach a ghabhail a h-àite ’an talla a’ chiùil agus nam fleadh am measg luchd àiteachaidh nan cnoc.
Notes 2 Submitted by N. M'L
Notes 3 Tolmie, Frances, et al. “Songs of Rest and Recreation.” Journal of the Folk-Song Society, vol. 4, no. 16, 1911, pp. 157–195. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4433971.
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