Identifier Number NS049028
Title Hù a hó tha mi fo lionn-dubh
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First Line Chorus Hù a hó tha mi fo lionn-dubh
First Line Verse Tha recruits a' falbh a-màireach
Classifications Milling , Sailing
Subjects Soldier , Sailing , England , West Indies , Woman
Structure Two line verse / Three line chorus
Place Of Origin Scotland
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Singer John Shaw
Singer Location Indian Brook
Date Recorded 25 August 1988
Collector John Shaw
Collection Title Tobar an Dualchais
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Online Access https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/103742?l=en
Notes 1 In this waulking song a girl states that the man she loves has been recruited into the army and is about to set off to India. She wishes she could buy him out of the army. His rings are on her fingers.
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