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Cìdh an Fhidheall

Behold the fiddle

Let’s listen to a song on Tobar an Dualchais. 

In this recording, Eòin MacDhòmhnaill (Jonathan MacDonald) sings a port à beul (mouth-music) called ‘Cìdh an Fhidheall’ (Behold the Fiddle). 

He won a competition at the National Mod with this song in 1972. 

The chorus of the song refers to a fiddle on a table, and in the verses the author talks about a girl he saw in the fort. 

rann

verse, stanza

cofhuaim

rhyme

fonn

tune, air

sèist

chorus

duan

ditty, ode, rhyme

ceathramh

quatrain