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Hill Iù-an Hill Eò-an

Date 30 December 1953
Track ID 13436
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1953.272.B4; SA1953.272.B5

Original Tape ID

SA1953.272

Summary

Mrs MacDonald tells how 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

Eighteen lines sung.

See:
'Tocher' 27, p. 150

Language

Gaelic

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good