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Hill iù-an hill eò-an

Date July 1965
Track ID 105764
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1965.087

Original Tape ID

SA1965.087

Summary

Mrs MacDonald explains that this little song was composed on the threshold by Mary MacLeod (Màiri nighean Alasdair Ruaidh), the 17th-century Skye poetess, after she was banned from composing any song indoors or outdoors. It begins:

"There was a time when I could sing a song
I could sing a croon just as well
Today I can just croak to myself"

Item Notes

See:
'Tocher' 27 (The School of Scottish Studies) p. 150

Item Subject/Person

Màiri nighean Alasdair Ruaidh

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song Story

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good