Donal MacLean's Coo
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
December 1956
Track ID
49929
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1956.171.A2
Original Tape ID
Summary
Outside Campbeltown lives a man called Donald Maclean. His grass is bare and despite his prayers his cow dies, cursed by a witch. His friend wants to bury it but Donald vows to eat it though it is tough and smells terrible and the others would rather eat stones.
Willie Mitchell got the song from Annie MacDonald (Mrs Colville), at Plantation. Her father was a level-crossing keeper.
Item Notes
8 verses plus last 2 repeated. In the discussion of the song in Tocher 31 (p. 18), 'Colville' is mistakenly transcribed as 'Caldwell'.
Item Subject/Person
Maclean, Donald
Recording Location
County - Argyllshire
Parish - Campbeltown
Village/Place - Campbeltown
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good