Thoir Mo Shoraidh thar an t-Sàile
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
17 November 1950
Track ID
33310
Part 1
Part 2
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0124.579
Original Tape ID
Summary
The bard thinks of the mountainous place where he spent some time in the sheiling when he was growing up. He remembers the kind women and the old men. He thinks too of the attractive girls who used to tend the cattle. The beauty of the place is described. Now the people and the cattle have gone, and there are sheep there. He hopes that the wheel has turned, and that people will get their rights. The glens will be cultivated again and the Gaels will return.
Item Notes
7 quatrains sung. Composed by Neil MacLeod (1843-1924).
See:
'Clàrsach an Doire' (Niall MacLeòid, 1883) p. 103
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Small Isles
Island - Canna
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good