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Gruagach Òg an Fhuilt Bhàin

Date
Track ID 30129
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1954.33.B1

Original Tape ID

SA1954.033.redone

Summary

This song was composed for the fair maid of Barra. The bard wishes he could fly freely across the firths like a bird. He would be sad when the fair maid parted from him. He describes her as the star that lights up each day for him.

Item Notes

A fragment from the end of the second verse, plus two complete 8-line verses. The song was composed by Donald Allan MacDonald of South Uist (Dòmhnall Ailean Dhòmhnaill na Bainich).

See:
'The Songs of Donald Allan MacDonald' (ed. J. A. MacDonald) p. 114

Recording Location

County - Midlothian

Parish - Edinburgh

Village/Place - Edinburgh

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair