Blàr na h-Èipheit
Contributors
Date
25 May 1972
Track ID
56661
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1972.77.B2
Original Tape ID
Summary
This song praises the Highland regiments in the British army during the Napoleonic Wars.
With information on the composer, Alasdair MacKinnon. He was born in Morar in 1770, and joined the army aged 24. He died aged 44. The contributor's grandmother sang some of his songs.
Item Notes
Six verses sung.
See:
'The Wiles of the World' (D. Meek, 2003) pp. 298-303, pp. 444-45, p. 478
Item Subject/Person
MacFhionghain, Alasdair
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good