Ach Aonghais Òig Rìomhaich
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.35.A8
Original Tape ID
Summary
Angus MacLellan describes how Captain Angus MacDonald of Milton drowned. He then sings an elegy composed for him. It describes his nobility and his leadership of men. The bard uses the image of the fallen tree when describing Captain MacDonald's death. The bard asks God's protection for the man's family.
Item Notes
5 (8-line) verses sung. Composed by Angus Campbell (Am Bàrd Sgallach).
Captain Angus MacDonald drowned in Loch Aoineart, South Uist in 1809.
See:
'Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist' (Margaret F. Shaw ed., 1955) p. 102
'The Uist Collection - The Poems and Songs of John MacCodrum, Archibald MacDonald, and some of the minor Uist bards' (Rev. A. MacDonald ed., 1894) p. 207
Item Subject/Person
MacDonald, Captain Angus [Aonghas Òg Àirigh a' Mhuilinn]
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - South Uist
Island - South Uist
Item Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - South Uist
Island - South Uist
Village/Place - Loch Eynort
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good