Hebridean Folksongs Vol. 3 : Waulking Songs from Vatersay, Barra, Eriskay, South Uist, and Banbecula

This volume presents forty-seven waulking songs recorded in South Uist, Barra, and the adjacent smaller islands between 1938 and 1965. Intensely evocative of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Highlands and Islands, these songs are one of the most interesting folk survivals of western Europe. Documenting a remarkable oral tradition of folkmusic, this work contains an analysis of the motifs found in the older waulking sounds, musical notes by Francis Collinson, and a chapter listing the songs in the three volumes.Campbell, John L. is the author of 'Hebridean Folksongs Vol. 3 : Waulking Songs from Vatersay, Barra, Eriskay, South Uist, and Banbecula', published 1981 under ISBN 9780198152156 and ISBN 0198152159.