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Thàinig Bàta air Tìr dhan Àite

Date 10 November 1947
Track ID 42435
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CDC.6.15

Original Tape ID

box_06_D15-B

Summary

A song that was composed after the SS Politician sank in the sound of Eriskay. The bard says that he is ill because he drank so much Spey Royal. He tells that there was silk and shoes on board but that the best cargo was below deck. He didn't expect anything to happen to him for taking whisky off the ship but he was taken to Lochmaddy to court. He wasn't found guilty and he says that even if he had been sent to jail he would have held his head high, because he hadn't done anything wrong.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Small Isles

Island - Canna

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - Eriskay

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Disc

Audio Quality

Fair