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Òran Gaoil a Rinneadh ri Taobh Loch Laomainn

Date 1987
Track ID 92325
Part 1

Track Information

Original Tape ID

MOD 1987 GR00307 Reel 4

Summary

A song of forbidden love. The poet's thoughts are heavy. She wishes she was with her love on the misty island of the glens. Though Loch Lomond is beautiful, it would be better to be on the mountainside, as close to her love as a shadow. She would rather be dead than have loved him.

Item Notes

Recorded at the National Mòd. Composed by Katherine Douglas.

Recording Location

County - Stirlingshire

Parish - Stirling

Village/Place - Stirling

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

BBC

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good