Gaelic Waulking Songs in the Outer Hebrides (1941) [With full lyrics and translation]

Òrain Luaidh Gàidhlig ann an Innse Gall (1941) [Le làn fhaclan agus eadar-theangachadh]
This video was filmed in 1941 by the English cinematographer Jack Cardiff, probably on the island of Lewis and Harris. It was preserved by the British Council; you can see the original here: film.britishcouncil.org/resou...
The film was enhanced by the CZcamsr glamourdaze: • Women of The Outer Heb...
I used glamourdaze's enhanced version, adding lyrics, information about waulking songs, a transcription of both songs, and improving the audio quality of the original. As a result of glamourdaze restoring the video, the video and audio were out of sync in several places; I mostly corrected this.
Here is a full version of the first song www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/tr...
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[@TheFolkRevivalProject]

Here is a beautiful nine-minute recording of the first song, sung by
Kate MacDonald (1897-1977) of South Uist

[@melissapinol7279]

I literally exist because of a waulking song! When my dad first met my mom, he played Folkways Music of the Hebribes for her as a test to see if they really would be compatible. She didn't run out screaming so here I am. I still have the record. Great to see this film of it actually being done and hear the songs again.

[@sarahgrasty1336]

Why is this not the first thing that shows up when you search "traditional Scottish music" or "scottish folk songs"? CZcams likes to push the cinematic Celtic woman type of music, but this is what I have been looking for!

[@ruhmuhaccer864]

What beatiful pure souls. Look at the exuding happiness and contentment singing tunes like ages of ancestry used to. The communal merriment, the guiding and pastoral elder bewatching them, the primordial vibrance of chants uplifting their modest work into revelatory art of eternal core-humanity. We gained so few and yet lost so much. God bless from Teutonia.

[@robertjohnthorpe]

My girl does her laundry to this!

[@robertfindley9000]

Love the gaelic still learning

[@Claire-zu5jx]

Makes me very happy when watching, I love the way their voices sound together

[@richgouette]

Gold right there...

[@staminarockband]

Marvelous song...

[@sdrtcacgnrjrc]

This is a wonderful video, thanks

[@mainedancearts7161]

I played this for my ballet class. ❤

[@sarapekel2838]

The near-most woman on the left side of the table is my absolute doppelganger, though, like, I am her and she is me and it's making me really emotional about my Scottish heritage because my family came from the Inner Hebrides and there's my face in a video from the Outer Hebrides eighty years ago T_T <3<3<3

[@whitneygascoigne]

Lovely!!! Incredible footage. Laughter and music make work fun. Thanks for sharing it.

[@HKTeacup]

This is wonderful! Thank you 🙂.

[@Nethanel773]

Thank you for putting this up.

[@ddraig2012]

This is fantastic

[@carolegios6519]

Bellissima testimonianza ❤

[@nancyhamer949]

WOW!!

[@CatalinTugui-us9tc]

❤ IT 🙏

[@onlinemusiclessonsadamphil4677]

❤