Chaidh Mise a dh'Eubhal Imprig

Contributors

MacIsaac, Fanny (3985)

Fieldworkers

Campbell, Dr John Lorne, 1906-1996 (614) MacCormick, Rev. Father John, 1911-1980 (3207)

Date

Track ID 43582

Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CannaWirek.1953.2

Original Tape ID

CannaTape.0002

Summary

This waulking song is a lament for the MacVicar brothers of North Uist, who were murdered by the hated Hugh MacDonald (Ùisdean mac Ghilleasbaig Chlèirich).

Item Notes

21 lines plus choruses sung.

See:
'Òrain Luaidh Màiri Nighean Alasdair' (K. C. Craig ed., 1949)
'Hebridean Folksongs' vol. 2 (John L. Campbell & F. Collinson eds., 1977) p. 94

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Island - Benbecula

Parish - South Uist

Village/Place - Aird

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good