Mo Rùn Geal Òg

Original Tape ID

MOD 1993 SSG402S296 Reel 4

Summary

In this song a woman is lamenting the death of her husband at the Battle of Culloden. She praises him and is distraught, saying there was no hero like him at the battle.

Item Notes

Recorded at the Royal National Mòd. This song is attributed to Christina Ferguson of Contin, who composed it for her husband William Chisholm, the standard bearer of the Chisholms. He was killed at the Battle of Culloden.

See:
'Sàr Obair nam Bàrd Gaelach' (MacKenzie ed., 1907 edition) p. 409
'Gaelic Bards and Minstrels' W. Matheson, Scottish Tradition Series Cassette 2, song A3 (The School of Scottish Studies)
'Songs of Gaelic Scotland' (Anne Lorne Gillies ed., 2005) p. 185

Recording Location

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

BBC

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good