Tàladh Chrìosda is a traditional Scottish Gaelic Christmas Carol, the title translating as "Christ Child's Lullaby". Traditionally it is sung on Christmas Eve on the islands of Barra, South Uist, and Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides (also known as the Western Isles). It has been sung and recorded by a number of Gaelic-speaking folk singers and groups, in Scotland and in other countries especially those with historical Celtic connections. The lyrics (not shown here) were written by Ranald Rankin (1799-1862) who was a priest in Moidart in Scotland, who later emigrated to Australia. The melody is from a traditional Hebridean Waulking Song, sung by women when working cloth around a table. Like many folk songs you will find a range of melodic variations of the same basic melody as adapted by different singers. The sheet music and audio files can be downloaded using the links in the left-hand menu.
On mfiles we have other arrangements of Tàladh Chrìosda for Easy Piano, and also for the combination of Flute and Piano.
Here is a video of Taladh Chriosda (Christ Child's Lullaby) for Piano:
The audio controls below allow you to play the mp3 version of Taladh Chriosda (Christ Child's Lullaby) for Piano or you can download the MP3 file. You can also download the midi version of Taladh Chriosda (Christ Child's Lullaby) for Piano .
The image below is the first page of the sheet music, and here you can download the full sheet music for Taladh Chriosda (Christ Child's Lullaby) for Piano in PDF format.
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