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'S Gann gun Dìrich Mi A-chaoidh

Date
Track ID 99785
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1954.21.B5

Original Tape ID

SA1954.021

Summary

A complaint song composed in anger at being deprived of hunting liberties in Skye.

Item Notes

Composed by Norman Nicolson of Sgorra Breac, the youngest son of the family. He was born in 1798 and was drowned in Tasmania in 1841. He and his brothers emigrated to New Brunswick in 1825 and then to Australia.

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good