Griogal Cridhe
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Summary
In this song a woman is lamenting her husband. She praises him, but tells that he has been killed and that his head has been placed on an oak-wood post a little away from his body.
Item Notes
Recorded at the Royal National Mòd. This song is attributed to the widow of Gregor MacGregor of Glenstrae, who was beheaded in 1570.
See:
'Bàrdachd Ghàidhlig' (Prof. W. Watson ed., 1932) p. 244
'Songs of Gaelic Scotland' (Anne Lorne Gillies ed., 2005) p. 140
'The MacDonald Collection of Gaelic Poetry' (Revs A. & A. MacDonald eds., 1911) p. 325
'One Hundred and Five Songs of Occupation from the Western Isles of Scotland' (F. Tolmie ed., 1911) song 41
'The Gesto Collection' (K. N. MacDonald ed., 1895) appendix p. 25
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good