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Posted By: Noreen
02-Jan-10 - 10:47 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Breton Mother's Lullaby? / Cape Breton...
Subject: RE: Breton Mother's Lullaby
That site also says:
Caidil gu la — title of a fiddle tune in the Captain Simon Fraser [1773-1852] Collection (The Airs And Melodies Peculiar To The Highlands Of Scotland And The Isles, 1816). One translation given to this Scottish Gaelic phrase is Sleep (on) till day.