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An Tèid Thu Leam a Mhàiri Lurach?

Date November 1955
Track ID 50478
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0197.1140

Original Tape ID

CW0197

Summary

In this song a man is asking his beloved Mary if she will go with him wherever they are sent. They are being evicted by the factor and must leave. The bard says that he is over sixty years old and that he has grey hair. The people will be evicted and sent all over the country, and he thinks that it is a great injustice. Those who have cattle and sheep will get land, but the poor will get nothing.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Village/Place - Lochboisdale

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good