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Songs

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 443 Collections and/or Records:

Song entitled 'I Nan Naomh' and accompanying note, nd

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW152/25
Scope and Contents

Song entitled 'I Nan Naomh' beginning 'I nan naomh, I nan caomh, I nan gaol', composed of twenty-one lines, which the accompanying note describes as 'A fragment describing the desolation of Iona after the Norsemen.'

Dates: nd
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Notebook of songs belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'I Nan Naomh Aoi', nd

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW152/22
Scope and Contents

Song entitled 'I Nan Naomh Aoi' beginning 'I nan naomh, I nan caomh, I nan gaol' . The song is composed of twenty one lines and has been annotated in ink.

Dates: nd
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Notebook of songs belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'Iain Garbh', 4 April 1876

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW7/18
Scope and Contents

Song entitled 'Iain Garbh' collected from Mairi Nicrath [Mary MacRae], Caolas Stiatar, Na h-Erradh [Caolas Stiadar/Sound of Stiadar, Na Hearadh/Isle of Harris] beginning 'Gur a mise tha bronach gun ri leughadh a leo'rach'. Mary states that she is 'close upon 100 years old'.

Dates: 4 April 1876
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'Ian Bùchain', 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/4
Scope and Contents Song entitled 'Ian Bùchain' noted as being collected from Captain Malcolm MacLeod, Lochmaddy [Loch nam Madadh, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] and others beginning 'Na h-eoin bhùchain thig o'n bhòchain, Dh'eubhas gu binn, Bhòchain bhuth'. The song, transcribed in ink, is followed by an incomplete note in pencil which states that 'Bùchain' is the old name for May and therefore An t-Ian Bhùchain is the Mayfowl. In the margin, in a different ink, a note reads 'The Ian Bochain comes in spring ans...
Dates: 1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'Iollairean us o ro i', 10 February 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/75
Scope and Contents

Song entitled 'Iollairean us o ro i' [Am Bròn Binn or The Sweet Sorrow] collected from Margaret MacDonald, aged 79 years, Gearraidh Iain, Malacleit/Malaclete, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uis, beginning 'Thuirt ri Sola ri Ri Fial, Gu h iarr dhuit'. The song is composed of ninety-six lines, some of which are incomplete and some of which have been annotated. The text has been scored through in ink as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 10 February 1870
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'Is Anamoch A Chunna Mi An Raoir', 1 August 1885

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW87/29
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Song entitled and beginning 'Is Anamoch A Chunna Mi An Raoir', collected from Murdoch MacLeod, Skye [An t-Eilean Sgitheanach] noted as being written at Kings Stables, Edinburgh [Dun Eideann]. The text has additions to it in both pencil and ink.

Dates: 1 August 1885
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'Is Ann A Ghabh Mi Mo Chead' and accompanying note, 23 March 1871

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW7/14
Scope and Contents Song entitled 'Is Ann A Ghabh Mi Mo Chead' collected from Catrina Pearson [Catherine Pearson or MacPherson] pauper, Ceanntangbhal, Barrai [Ceanntangabhal/Kentangaval, Barraigh/Barra] beginning ''S ann a ghabh mi mo chead dhiot, A cheist nam fear oga'. The song has seven verses. The accompanying note states that the song was composed by the daughter of Donald son of MacNeil of Barra to James MacDonald of Clanranald, who got Boisdale [Baghasdal, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] after the MacNeils...
Dates: 23 March 1871
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'Is Mise Bhean Bhoc' or 'Oran Iain oig Mhic 'Ic Neill Bharraich', 2 December 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW7/8
Scope and Contents

Song entitled 'Is Mise Bhean Bhoc' or 'Oran Iain oig Mhic 'Ic Neill Bharraich' collected from Mor NicNeill nighean Alastair 'Ic Neill - Alastair mac Ruarai bhain [Mor MacNeil] Ceanntangbhal, Barraidh [Ceanntangabhal/Kentangaval, Barraigh/Barra] beginning 'Ho ro ho eile ho i o hu o, Ho hi o hu o, Is mise bhean bhoc, Th'air mo chreachadh'.

Dates: 2 December 1870
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'Is Toileom S Toileam', November 1870

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW7/7
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Song entitled 'Is Toileom S Toileam' collected from Iain MacNeill [John MacNeil], age 76, crofter, Eirsearaidh, Barraidh [Earsairidh/Earsary, Barraigh/Barra] on 6 November 1870 beginning 'Ho hi run ho hi u o, 'S toileam 's toileam'.

Dates: November 1870
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Song entitled 'Iubhrach Nan Guala Geala', nd

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW152/8
Scope and Contents

Song entitled 'Iubhrach Nan Guala Geala' beginning 'Moch Diluain ghabh i n cuan, Te bhoidheach nan guala geala'. The song is composed of thirty three lines arranged into fifteen verses in couplets and a chorus.

Dates: nd
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Notebook of songs belonging to Alexander Carmichael