Hòro Mhàiri Dhubh
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1963.18.A2
Original Tape ID
Summary
This is a love song which describes the beauty of dark haired Mary, and asks her to turn to the composer.
William Matheson gives some information about the song. He did not learn it from oral tradition. He got the music and first and last verses from the Gesto collection, and the middle verse from the John MacGregor Manuscripts in Register House. There is some background information about the song in the Gesto Collection.
Item Notes
3 verses and choruses sung. Tune, verses 1 and 3 from the Gesto Collection p19. Middle verse from the John MacGregor MSS in Register House.
Item Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Sleat
Island - Skye
Village/Place - Ostaig
Recording Location
County - Midlothian
Parish - Edinburgh
Village/Place - George Square, School of Scottish Studies
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good