Hill iù-an hill eò-an
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
July 1965
Track ID
105764
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1965.087
Original Tape ID
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
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good