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Tha Sgiathan na h-Oidhche a' Sgaoileadh A-nall

Date March 1938
Track ID 43434
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CDC.7.22

Original Tape ID

box_07_D22-B

Summary

In this song night is drawing close and the mountains are covered in cloud. The bard has tears in his eyes because he is leaving his beloved in the glen. He then says that the summer birds will be in the glen but that his wife will not be as she is in the grave.

Item Notes

Composed by Neil MacLeod.
See:
'A' Chòisir Chiùil' (The St Columba Collection of Gaelic Songs) Song 64

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Barra

Island - Barra

Village/Place - Castlebay

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Disc

Audio Quality

Fair