Òran nan Dròbhairean
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
July 1953
Track ID
8248
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1953.151.2
Original Tape ID
Summary
This song praises the drovers who arrived each summer. Their trade in Highland cattle was very important to the Scottish economy, particularly in the mid-eighteenth century.
Item Notes
Three verses plus choruses sung. Transcribed in the School of Scottish Studies. Mr MacRae learned this song from Mr Donald MacKay of Durness.
See:
'Scottish Studies' vol. 9 (Part 2) 1965, p. 189
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Snizort
Island - Skye
Village/Place - Skeabost
Item Location
County - Ross and Cromarty
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good