'S Gann gun Dìrich Mi A-chaoidh
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
July 1953
Track ID
1701
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1953.156.1
Original Tape ID
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
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good