Òran an t-Saighdeir
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
05 June 1958
Track ID
78537
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1958.39.A9
Original Tape ID
Summary
A recruiting officer in Edinburgh targets a young Highlander with army propaganda and entices him to enlist, a decision which the lad later regrets, on discovering that all was not as rosy as promised.
Item Notes
Fourteen 2-line verses of this enlisting song which, when sung, become 4-line verses, with the last two lines of one verse becoming the first two lines of the next verse. Local tradition links the song with Sleat, Skye.
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Island - Skye
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair