Mo Rùn Geal Òg
Track Information
Original Track ID
CW0203.1206
Original Tape ID
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
Collection
Source Type
Wire
Audio Quality
Good