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'S Toigh Leam Ailean Dubh à Lòchaidh

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1952.128.2

Original Tape ID

SA1952.127.128

Summary

In this waulking song, a woman tells of her love for Allan Dubh MacDonald of Lochy, though he burned her stack-yard and killed her three young brothers, her father and her husband.

Item Notes

Transcribed in the School of Scottish Studies. 4 lines sung. There is a 3-line chorus at the beginning and after each line. ABA refrain between each line.

The composer is said to have been an unknown MacKenzie woman. Ailean Dubh, who is the subject of the song, was infamous as a raider, and was involved in a feud with the MacKenzies. He is said to have burned down the church in Tarradale, with the MacKenzies inside.

See:
'Òrain nan Rosach' (ed. F. MacKenzie) p. 2

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good