Songs
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Field and transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1864-1867
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1864-1869
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing an essay entitled 'Bards and Bardism of the Highlands'; some notes on archaeology in Barra [Barraigh], Vatersay [Bhatarsaigh] and Sandray [Sanndraigh]; Fenian songs and poems; songs and poems relating to the MacDonalds; and a story entitled 'Prince Charlie's Pipe' mostly collected from South Uist [Uibhist a Deas] and Benbecula [Beinn na Faoghla].
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871
Song beginning 'Cailin og is stumach', 1869
Song beginning 'Chailin [chailin] og is stunach [stumach] Bha mi la fala sin fhasach' probably collected from Seonaid Curaidh [Seònaid Nic Mhuirich or Janet Currie] [Àird na Monadh/Ardnamonie, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. The last four lines of the song lines are also written transversely across the page. Text has been scored through as if the text has been transcribed elsewhere.
Song beginning 'Hu hu niru bha u hi hu nirro bha ho', 8 April 1869
Song beginning 'Hu hu niru bha u hi hu nirro bha ho I iuro bha u. Fheudail a dh fhear an dachaich' collected from Seonaid Curaidh [seònaid Nic Mhuirich or Janet Currie] [Àird na Monadh/Ardnamonie, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist]. Text has been scored through as if the text has been transcribed elsewhere.
Song entitled 'Duan an Domhnaich', 19 October 1870 and 10 November 1870
Song entitled 'Duan an Domhnaich' [The Poem of the Lord's Day], collected from Seonaid Churrai [Janet Currie], Staoinebrig/Stoneybridge, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist beginning 'Duan an Donaich a dh ghil, Finn foinneart Chriost a chonai[dh]'. The song is composed of fifty-six lines and has been scored through in ink. Written transversely over the first page of text is, 'Transcribed into Book 3 page 91 10/11 1870 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael].'