O Gur Mise a th' air Mo Leònadh
Track Information
Original Track ID
CDC.7.12
Original Tape ID
Summary
The woman who composed this song tells of her grief. She describes how the Irish came to help the MacDonalds. Her father and husband, four young sons and nine foster children were killed. Her cattle were slaughtered, her sheep were roasted and her oats and barley were destroyed.
Item Notes
Copied from Ediphone wax cylinder recording. Twelve lines sung. Each line is repeated.
The song was composed by a Campbell woman after the Battle of Inverlochy in 1645, when the parliamentary forces under the Duke of Argyll were defeated by the Royalists under Montrose and Alasdair MacDonald.
See:
'Songs Remembered in Exile' (J. L. Campbell ed., 1990) song 57
Non Scottish Recording Location
Canada, Nova Scotia, Antigonish
Item Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Kilmonivaig
Village/Place - Inverlochy
Non Scottish Recording Location
Canada, Alba Nuadh, Antigonis
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Disc
Audio Quality
Fair