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Thàinig an Gille Dubh A-raoir don Bhaile Seo

Date 1989
Track ID 92800
Part 1

Track Information

Original Tape ID

MOD 1989 005 GR00447

Summary

A woman's love song. A girl sings of the dark-haired lad who came to the village the previous night. She says her step is heavy since she was forsaken by her sweetheart.

Item Notes

Recorded at the Royal National Mòd. Composed by Eliza Ross, who became Lady D'Oyly after marrying Sir Charles D'Oyly in India. She was orphaned at a young age and raised by MacLeod of Raasay, who sent her to Edinburgh to study music. She took a great interest in ceòl mòr (the classical music of the bagpipe), and later transcribed many pieces of ceòl mòr as she heard them being played by the family piper, John MacKay, who was father of the piper Angus MacKay.

Recording Location

County - Ross and Cromarty

Parish - Stornoway

Island - Lewis

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

BBC

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good