The "Eriskay Love Lilt" is a Scottish folk song associated with the island of Eriskay in Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The chorus of the song features lyrics in Scottish Gaelic. The modern anglicized art song version was adapted by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser from the lament for unrequited love Gràdh Geal Mo Chridhe,Gràdh Geal Mo Chridhe', sung by Calum Johnston, Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o Riches.Bheir mi o / Gràdh Geal Mo Chridh', Omniglot collected during her visits to Eriskay with the help of poet Allan MacDonald, and published in the first volume of Songs of the Hebrides in 1909. Popular versions have been recorded by the Glasgow Orpheus Choir with Hugh S. Roberton, The Corries, Judith Durham and The Seekers, and Paul Robeson.
Lyrics Popular renditions of the song usually contain a variation of the following verses:
References
External links Songs of the Hebrides - First Volume from HathiTrust and the University of Michigan An Eriskay Love Lilt (from "Songs of the Hebrideas"), Glasgow Orpheus Choir