Air Feasgar Diciadain Nuair a Bha a' Ghrian anns na Speur
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
November 1969
Track ID
31919
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1969.145.A7
Original Tape ID
Summary
This song tells how the poet loved a girl called Mary Ann, but her parents did not approve and locked her away. The poet was sent a message to come to the mansion where she lived. He got there just before she died.
Item Notes
5 quatrains sung. Composed by Murdo MacLeod, known as 'An Saighdear Sgitheanach'.
See:
'An t-Òranaiche' (Gilleasbaig Mac na Ceàrdadh) p. 503
'Gaelic Songs in Nova Scotia' (Creighton/MacLeod) p. 182
'Òrain an Eilein' (C. Martin) p. 74
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good