Identifier Number NS049055
Title Coisich a Rùin
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First Line Chorus Ó ill oró
First Line Verse Coisich, a rùin
Classifications Milling , Love
Subjects Man , Ship , Death
Structure Split chorus , Woven
Place Of Origin Scotland
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Singer Catherine Patterson
Singer Location Benacadie Glen
Date Recorded 04 October 1937
Collector John Lorne Campbell
Collection Title Tobar an Dualchais
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Online Access https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/41492?l=en
Notes 1 This waulking song has several sections. In the first, a woman sends her wishes to her beloved John Campbell in Harris. In the section which follows, a woman describes her grief that she will not be going to the wedding of her lover but to his funeral. The final section refers to a betrothal and tells of the speaker's feelings if another girl referred to her lover.
Notes 2 See also: Hebridean Folksongs Vol. II, eds. J. L. Campbell & F. Collinson (1977), p. 144; Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair, ed. K. C. Craig (1949), p. 36; One Hundred and Five Songs of Occupation from the Western Isles of Scotland, ed. F. Tolmie (1911), p. 211; Songs Remembered in Exile, ed. J. L. Campbell (1990), p. 92.
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