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The bard was passing Barra on a ship on his way to Montreal when he composed this homeland song. He tells of his sadness at seeing a glimpse of his native island and he thinks of those he left behi...

A lament composed by Mac an Uidhir's foster mother, after she had been told he had drowned. However, he had been abandoned on an island by a rival for his fiancé's affections.

A song complaining about life for the Gael in the Lowland cities.

A humorous song/satire in which a woman complains about, and makes fun of, a mean and greedy husband.

In this song a man sings of his love for his sweetheart whom he saw the previous day.

A humorous song by a woman who is complaining about her mean and greedy husband.

A song in praise of Alasdair MacDonell, chief of Glen Garry.

A lament for John Campbell of Scarinish. He had been a merchant in Tiree and took ill and died when on a buying trip to Glasgow.

A satire on a woman named Anna from Cromarty who drinks too much.

A mouth music song in which a man complains about having married an old woman. He lists some of the things she did that used to annoy him. He was glad when she passed away.