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Mo Rùn Geal Òg

Date 1950
Track ID 51922
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CW0203.1206

Original Tape ID

CW0203

Summary

This is a song composed by a woman about her husband who was killed at the Battle of Culloden. She is mourning her husband and she says that his death has destroyed her. She claims that it was Bonnie Prince Charlie's campaign that has left her wretched.

Item Notes

The song was composed by Christina Ferguson for her husband William Chisholm, who was killed at the Battle of Culloden.

See:
'Sàr Obair nam Bàrd Gaelach (MacKenzie ed., 1907 edition) p. 409
'Gaelic Bards and Minstrels' - W. Matheson, Scottish Tradition Series Cassette 2, song A3 (The School of Scottish Studies)
'Songs of Gaelic Scotland' (Anne Lorne Gillies ed., 2005) p. 185

Recording Location

County - Argyllshire

Parish - Kilmore and Kilbride

Village/Place - Oban

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Wire

Audio Quality

Good