Mo Rùn Geal Òg
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
1954
Track ID
2339
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1954.72.A4
Original Tape ID
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
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair