Scope and Contents Song probably collected in An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye beginning 'B[h]on thainig mi dhan duthaich so gur beag mo shunt ri ceol' ['Thug mi gaol do'n t-seòladair']. Carmichael writes that the song was composed the previous summer (1859) by Anna MacLeod to a handsome young sailor called Donald Peaton [Beaton or Paton]. While Anna was singing the song, Donald's mother came into the house and fell into a swoon because Donald had been drowned. On reviving, she asked Anna to sing the song...