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'S Gann gun Dìrich Mi A-chaoidh

Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID 1701
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1953.156.1

Original Tape ID

SA1953.156

Summary

A complaint song composed in anger at being deprived of hunting liberties in Skye.

Item Notes

10 verses; 11 refrains. Composed by Norman Nicolson of Sgorra Breac, the youngest son of the family. He was born in 1798 and was drowned in Tasmania in 1841. He and his brothers emigrated to New Brunswick in 1825 and then to Australia.

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Island - Skye

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good