Hill Iù-an Hill Eò-an
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
30 December 1953
Track ID
13436
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1953.272.B4; SA1953.272.B5
Original Tape ID
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
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good