Marbhrann do dh'Aonghas Òg Àirigh a' Mhuilinn
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1975.82.A2
Original Tape ID
Summary
This elegy describes Captain MacDonald's nobility. 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
Learned from Alasdair Boyd and Mrs Archie MacDonald. The song was composed by Angus Campbell (Am Bàrd Sgallach). Captain Angus MacDonald of Milton drowned in Loch Aoineart, South Uist in 1809, while ferrying kelp.
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
Aonghas Òg Àirigh a' Mhuilinn
Recording Location
County - Midlothian
Parish - Edinburgh
Village/Place - Edinburgh
Item Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - South Uist
Island - South Uist
Language
English, Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good