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'S Moch Mi ag Èirigh air Bheagan Èislein

Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date 31 October 1950
Track ID 26468
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0107D.488

Original Tape ID

CW0107D

Summary

The poetess describes the beautiful scenery in her native area of Skye. She thinks back to her youth when she happily tended the sheep. She remembers too going out to waulkings and weddings in winter time. The young people would play music and dance. That time has passed however, and the glen is now a sad place. Andrew's house, which reminds the poetess of her youth, is a ruin full of nettles. She describes climbing the shoulder of the mountain. Every plant and flower brings back memories of her early days.

Item Notes

4 verses sung.

See:
'Màiri Mhòr nan Òran' (ed. D. Meek) p. 66

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - Benbecula

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Island - Skye

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Fair