Eilean a' Cheò
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
24 June 1960
Track ID
70423
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.77.B11
Original Tape ID
Summary
In this song the poet tells of her desire to return to Skye, which she left over forty years ago when she had to go to the mainland. She goes on to speak of the Clearances and the suffering of the dispossessed.
Item Notes
Composed by Mary MacPherson (1821-1898).
See:
'Màiri Mhòr nan Òran' (D. Meek ed. 1977) p. 57
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Item Location
County - Inverness-shire
Island - Skye
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good