Identifier Number NS049039
Title Tha an latha an-diugh fuar
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First Line Chorus O ho hì hiùraibh o
First Line Verse Tha an latha an-diugh fuar
Classifications Milling , Sailing
Subjects Ship , Tragedy
Structure One line verse / Three line chorus
Place Of Origin Scotland
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Singer Margaret MacLean
Singer Location Boisdale
Date Recorded 1988
Collector John Shaw
Collection Title Tobar an Dualchais
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Online Access https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/103805?l=en
Notes 1 A waulking song in which the composer tells of the death of the man she loved, when his boat sank. The sorrow of his mother is described. A general conversation about waulking follows the song.
Notes 2 The contributor learned this song from her grandmother, Mary MacKinnon from Barra.
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