Eilean a' Cheò
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68000
Part 1
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Summary
In this song, the bard tells of her desire to return to Skye, which she left over forty years ago when she had to go to the mainland. She goes on to speak of the Clearances and the suffering of the dispossessed, and tells of her hope that one day their cattle may be in the cattle folds and the English will be driven out of Skye.
Item Notes
Composed by Mary MacPherson (1821-1898).
See:
'Màiri Mhòr nan Òran' (D. Meek ed. 1977) p. 57
Item Location
County - Inverness-shire
Island - Skye
Language
Gaelic
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Good