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Mi nam Shuidh' air an Tulaich

Date 01 June 1968
Track ID 31792
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1968.302.A5

Original Tape ID

SA1968.302

Summary

This song was composed by Mary MacLeod during her exile from Dunvegan. In it, she praises the nobility and ancestry of Sir Norman MacLeod of Bernera, and sends greeting to him.

Item Notes

4 complete verses sung. The song was composed by Mary MacLeod (Màiri Nighean Alasdair Ruaidh), the 17th century poetess.

See:
'Gaelic Songs of Mary MacLeod' (ed. Watson) p. 36

Item Subject/Person

Màiri Nighean Alasdair Ruaidh

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Duirinish

Island - Skye

Village/Place - Dunvegan

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Duirinish

Island - Skye

Village/Place - Dunvegan

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair