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Nam bithinn mar eun air sgiathaibh

Date September 1966
Track ID 48114
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1966.53.A1

Original Tape ID

SA1966.053

Summary

The contributor tells that he composed this song in 1917. In the song he says that he would not stop on the way from France till he reached North Uist, if he were a bird and could fly. He praises North Uist and he describes the terrible situation of the war with mud and people dying round about him.

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - North Uist

Island - North Uist

Language

Gaelic

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good