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Mo Rùn Geal Òg

Date 1954
Track ID 2339
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1954.72.A4

Original Tape ID

SA1954.072

Summary

This is a song composed by a woman about her husband who was killed at the Battle of Culloden. She is mourning her husband and says that his death has destroyed her. She claims that it was Bonnie Prince Charlie's campaign that has left her wretched.

Item Notes

Five verses. Composed by Christina Ferguson for her husband William Chisholm, who was killed at the Battle of Culloden.

See:
'Sàr Obair nam Bàrd Gaelach' (MacKenzie ed., 1907 edition) p. 409
'Gaelic Bards and Minstrels' W. Matheson, Scottish Tradition Series Cassette 2, song A3 (The School of Scottish Studies)
'Songs of Gaelic Scotland' (Anne Lorne Gillies ed., 2005) p. 185

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair