The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #16908   Message #160719
Posted By: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca
10-Jan-00 - 11:15 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Calum Sgaire
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: calum sgaire
I have one version of it but it isn't on my web-site...

Gaelic Songs

I forget which section it's under. I know the song is from the Island of Lewis in Scotland. It's popular in Scotland and in Cape Breton. When I get home tonight, I'll put it up on there.

If you're looking for recordings where it is on, there is a great new Greentrax recording called Gaelic Women, which has a version of it, along with the lyrics. First recording of that song I've seen with the lyric too. The text I have is from a book Eilean Fraoch, which contains songs written by people from the isle of Lewis. Many of them were written prior to the second world war.