An Tèid Thu Leam a Mhàiri Lurach?
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
November 1955
Track ID
50478
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0197.1140
Original Tape ID
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
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good