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A fragment of a song relating to the Cattlefold of Kintail. The poet is looking forward to arriving in his homeland tomorrow.

A proverb about brose eaten from a shoe. "Fuarag eòrna à sàil mo bhròig; am biadh a b' fheàrr a fhuair mi a-riamh." [Brose made from barley, eaten from my shoe; the best meal I ever had.]

A woman's love song. She will not survive if she is parted from her beloved, whom she has loved since she was young. She sits on the hillock, looking over the narrows seeing his boat passing.

In this woman's love song, the composer watches her beloved coming round the headland in his galley. The song contains interesting references to his weaponry.

Ballachulish folk won't shoot seals in case they are related to them.

Riddle: I looked through my mother's window, I saw the dead carrying the living.

Remarks by interviewer Calum MacLean on his first day in Balquhidder (4/9/58).

A love song in which a girl seduces a young soldier.

Three mouth music songs: Ewen's return from the market with ribbons is eagerly anticipated. A person is told that they were seen in the castle with the chief of Clan MacLeod. The slate clad hous...

In this song a man reflects on his sweetheart from Berneray who has forsaken him. He reads the love-letters she sent to him.