Identifier Number NS049041
Title Gur e mise a tha fo mhulad air an tulaich luim fhuair
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First Line Chorus Hù o ro hù o
First Line Verse Gur e mise a tha fo mhulad air an tulaich luim fhuair
Classifications Milling , Lament
Subjects Death , Family, Brother, Drowning
Structure Two 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/103808?l=en
Notes 1 This waulking song is a lament by a woman for her brother who was drowned at sea. His bed has been left unmade, and his presents to her untouched.
Notes 2 See: Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair, ed. K. C. Craig (1949), p. 48.
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