Laments
Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:
Notes on the population of Tarasaigh/Taransay, 8 July 1870
Poem or song beginning 'Tha uaisle air MacLeoid', 27 February 1895
Poem or song written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula, beginning 'Tha uaisle air MacLeoid, 'S cha' n e uaisle Innsa-Gall'. The poem/song is composed of eight lines and is written in ink.
Quotation beginning 'An aite roiseal is mire', 1894
Quotation which reads 'An aite roiseal is mire, Tha osnaich ag imeachd mo chleibh' noted as being from Gilleasba na Ceapaich [Archibald MacDonald of Keppoch]'
Song beginning 'A phiurag nan run liura' and accompanying note, 22 May 1869 and 16 June 1869
Song beginning 'Ailein Duinn shiulain leat' and accompanying story, 7 August 1870
Song beginning 'Chi mi ghrian a fala gu siulach', 22 May 1869 and 16 June 1869
Song collected on Miùghlaigh/Mingulay beginning 'Chi mi ghrian a fala gu siulach, Si dol tiom Ru'n dunu'. The song is composed of thirty-seven lines, with the final two lines being scored out as if deleted. There are two places marked with the numbers '1' and '2' as if the second pair are to be inserted where the first pair are written. The text has been scored through in ink and written transversely across it is written 'Trans[cribed] June 16 1869 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael].'
Song beginning 'Cro an eich cheannan', 15 August 1883
Song beginning 'Cro an eich cheannan' collected from Donald MacGregor, Baile Garbh/Bailegarve, Lios Mòr/Lismore.
Song beginning 'Och nan och mar tha mi fhein', 27 May 1869
Song collected from Mary MacMillan, Lionacuidhe/Liniquie, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist beginning 'Och nan och mar tha mi fhein, Mun coga[dh] treun gun m uc[hd] ri arm'. The song is composed of eight lines some of which have annotations or amendments. A note states that there are eight verses to the song.
Song beginning 'Tha aicead an chri' and accompanying vocabulary note, 18 September 1890
Song collected from Mary Currie, Meall, S Lochboisdale [Am Maol, Ceann a Deas Loch Baghasdal/ South Lochboisdale, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] beginning 'Tha aicead an chri, O fhogh a bhais'. The song is composed of fifty-one lines. The vocabulary note reads ' Taiteal Aiteal = sight'. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.
Song entitled 'A Phiurag sa Phiurag', 20 October 1870 and 12 December 1870
Song entitled 'A Phiurag sa Phiurag' [Little Sister Beloved Sister] collected from Mòr Cuiri [Marion Currie], Iocar [Ìochdar, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] beginnin g'A Phiurag sa Phiurag, O hal ill o, Hogu ho ro, S minig a bha mi stun i bru'ach'. The song is composed of forty-three lines. The text has been scored through in ink and sritten transversely over the first page of text is 'Transcribed 12/12 1883 Book V A[lexander] C[armichael].'