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Griogal Cridhe

Fieldworkers
Date 1967
Track ID 56989
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1967.149.A

Original Tape ID

SA1967.149

Summary

This is a lament which is sung as a lullaby. The widow of Gregor MacGregor tells of her overpowering grief after her beloved husband's execution.

Item Notes

This lament, sung as a lullaby, is attributed to the widow of Gregor MacGregor of Glenstrae, who was beheaded in 1570.

See:
'Bàrdachd Ghàidhlig' (Prof. W. Watson ed., 1932) p. 244
'Songs of Gaelic Scotland' (Anne Lorne Gillies ed., 2005) p. 140
'The MacDonald Collection of Gaelic Poetry' (Revs. A. & A. MacDonald eds., 1911) p. 325
'One Hundred and Five Songs of Occupation from the Western Isles of Scotland' (F. Tolmie ed., 1911) song 41
'The Gesto Collection' (K. N. MacDonald ed., 1895) Appendix p. 25
'Còisir a' Mhòid' 4 (An Comunn Gaidhealach, 1940) p. 51

Item Subject/Person

MacGregor of Glenstrae, Gregor

Item Location

County - Perthshire

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good