An Eala Bhàn
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
August 1952
Track ID
88861
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1952.97.3
Original Tape ID
Summary
A man's love song composed from the trenches during the First World War. He sings to his sweetheart, Maggie, and comments on the atrocities surrounding him.
Item Notes
Recorded whilst herring fishing on the 'Scalpay Isle' off Tiumpan Head, Lewis.
Composed by Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna.
See:
'Dòmhnall Ruadh Chorùna' (deas. le Fred MacAmhlaidh, 1995) p. 58
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good