Manitoba
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
04 November 1976
Track ID
102946
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1976.229
Original Tape ID
Summary
The contributor sings a song about the emigration of Tiree people to Canada. The poet has no companions left and the carefree days of boyhood are over. The island is empty except for sheep, symbolising the greed of the landowners.
The contributor says that he has verses of the song that other people do not have.
Item Notes
This song was composed by John MacLean, Balemartin, Tiree, to the MacLeans who emigrated from Balephuil to Manitoba.
See:
'Na Bàird Thirisdeach' (Rev. Hector MacLean ed. 1932) p. 164
Item Location
County - Argyllshire
Parish - Tiree
Island - Tiree
Language
English, Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good