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Griogal Cridhe

Fieldworkers
Date 08 June 1958
Track ID 68305
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1958.43.B8

Original Tape ID

SA1958.043

Summary

In this lament a widow sings to her child about her beloved husband who has been beheaded. She pours out her grief.

Item Notes

6 quatrains sung. Chorus sung at the beginning and end. This lament, which is 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 Gàidhealach, 1940) p. 51

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Island - Skye

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good