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Clò MhicIlleMhìcheil

Date
Track ID 63809
Part 1

Track Information

Original Tape ID

DealanDe 1988.01.29

Summary

Using the image of waulking the tweed, the bard lists those who will rise again to support Bonnie Prince Charlie, and he describes the thumping and pounding the Hanoverians will receive. The song was composed after the Battle of Culloden to inspire the Highlanders to rise again.

Item Notes

Composed by Alexander MacDonald.

See:
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 3 (John L. Campbell & F. Collinson eds., 1981) p. 132

Item Subject/Person

Stuart, Prince Charles Edward [Bonnie Prince Charlie]

Language

Gaelic

Collection

BBC

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good