Songs
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, 1887
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1870 to 1872
Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 15 July 1870 to 19 October 1871
Song beginning 'Ailein Duinn shiulain leat' and accompanying story, 7 August 1870
Song beginning 'Iomar so gu Eil Iosaig', 26 May 1869 and 16 June 1869
Song probably collected from Penelope MacLellan, Ormacleit/Ormaclete, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist beginning 'Iomar so gu Eil[ean] Iosaig, Far du rinn MacLeo[i]d a dhinteir'. The song is composed of ten lines and contains a number of amendments and annotations in pencil. The text has been scored through in ink with the following written transversely across it 'B[ook] [-] P[age] [-] Trans[cribed] 16 June 1869 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael]'.
Song beginning 'Thoir am bain[ne] bho dhonn', c1872
Song beginning 'Thoir am bain[ne] bho dhonn, Thoir e gu trom s gu torrach' [Taladh na Banachaig or The Milkmaid's Lullaby] probably collected in Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula. Text has been written over with 'Trans[cribed] B[ook] II p[age] 166 A[lexander] A[rchibald] C[armichael] Creagorry 8 Oct 1875'. [Creag Ghoraidh/Creagorry, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula].
Song entitled 'A Ruaraidh A Ruaraidh', nd
Song entitled 'A Ruaraidh A Ruaraidh' beginning 'A Ruaraidh a Ruaraidh a Ruaraidh ghaolach, Hò ro nàilibh hì hò'. The song is composed of twenty-eight lines arranged into six verses of four lines each and a chorus. Annotations have been made to the text in pencil and in ink.
Song entitled 'An Ridire Leoid', nd
Song entitled 'An Ridire Leoid' beginning 'La bha Ridire Leoid, An criochan Lochlann nan ceol caon'. The song is composed of fifty-eight lines, arranged as fifteen verses of four lines each, although the fifth verse has two lines missing. An introductory note reads 'Mar a thainig Leod a Lochlann gu Albain' [How Leod came from Norway/Scandinavia to Scotland].
Song entitled 'Mhic Leoid Oig Dhunbheagan', nd
Song entitled 'Mhic Leoid Oig Dhunbheagan', the first verse beginning 'Mhicleoid Dhunbheagain, Nam pioban 's nam feadan'. The song is composed of forty lines, arranged as nine verses of four lines each and a chorus of four lines. The text is annotated in pencil and in ink, mostly giving alternative words separated by an oblique from the first word used.
Song entitled 'Reubadh Na Mara' and accompanying note, nd
Song entitled 'Reubadh Na Mara' beginning 'Hug am bata na caoil oirn, Hò rò hì iù o'. The song is composed of forty lines arranged as six verses of four lines each, five verses of couplets and a chorus. An accompanying note reads 'These may have been composed by a fugitive from battle'.