"A maiden had a fairy lover who used to help her when cutting bracken, or drying peats on the moor. Her brothers suspecting that she must be receiving fairy assistance, set a watch to observe her, and, finding that their suspicions were confirmed, carried their sister away to a distant part of the country, and the fairy saw her no more. But he was often heard lamenting her absence, behind the
pretty knoll in which he lived. His lamentation is a very ancient song, much used as a lullaby throughout the Highlands." (Lullabies of the four nations, A. L. J. Gosset)
credits
from Islands,
released August 1, 2016
Ingried Boussaroque: voice, kantele. arrangements
Jean Félix Mailloux : double bass
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