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Songs

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = AMS

Found in 443 Collections and/or Records:

Song toasting Dr Nicol, 25 December 1872

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW106/120
Scope and Contents

Song toasting Dr Nicol, probably collected from Catherine MacIntosh, pauper, Stadhlaigearraidh/Stilligarry, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist beginning 'Thaining thug[ainn] [dh]an tir, Tra[gh]ai[dh] sinn uile a ghlain[n]e.' The song is composed of forty-two lines. Carmichael has mistakenly described the toast as a 'droch slaint' instead of a 'deoch-slàinte'.

Dates: 25 December 1872
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Song under the heading 'Old Song, Never printed', 1894

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/52
Scope and Contents

Song written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula under the heading 'Old Song, Never printed' beginning 'Ho Mo leannan, He mo leannan'. The text has been scored through in pencil.

Dates: 1894
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

[Song/Prayer] beginning 'Noc oich a chrochaidh chruaidh', 17 January 1874

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW7/36
Scope and Contents

[Song/Prayer] beginning 'Noc oich a chrochaidh chruaidh, Ceann (crann?) cruaidh ris na chrochadh Criosd' [Criosda Cleireach Os Ar Cionn/Christ the Priest Above Us] collected from Duncan MacLellan, crofter, Càrnan/Carnan, South Uist [Uibhist a Deas].

Dates: 17 January 1874
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Song/Prayer beginning 'Noc oiche chrochari chruai', 17 January 1874

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW111/40
Scope and Contents

Song/Prayer collected from Duncan MacLellan, clachair [mason], Càrnan/Carnan, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist, beginning 'Noc oiche chrochari chruai, Ceann cruai ris na chroch Criost'. Carmichael notes the dinal line 'Criost cleir os ar cionn' as being repeated. Text has been scored through as if transcribed elsewhere.

Dates: 17 January 1874
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Songs and poems, 18th century-1863

 Series — Box CLX-A-1121: Series Coll-1383/3; Series Coll-1383/5
Identifier: Coll-1383/5
Scope and Contents

Series containing poems and songs, printed and manuscript.

Dates: 18th century-1863
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of Ian R. Grant, antiquarian bookseller

Story about a man with two sweethearts, 27 May 1869

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW150/59
Scope and Contents Story collected from Mary MacMillan, Lionacuidhe/Liniquie, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist telling how a man chose between two sweethearts but the spurned got vengeance by stranding the wife on the rocks at An Leumaire-rua below Ru-thiorinnis [An Leumaire Ruadh and Rubha Thornais/Hornish Point]. The man then married the other woman but while she was milking and the song beginning 'Sin do chas dhomh hug o, Sin do lamh dhomh' he heard her and realised what had happened and left her. The informant...
Dates: 27 May 1869
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Story about a seal in the form of a woman and accompanying song, c1875

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW112/39
Scope and Contents Story about a seal in the form of a woman which tells how a number of seals were caught on Taisgeir [Eilean Hasgeir/Haskeir Island] and a woman in Paible [Paibeil, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] was boiling the seal's bones when another woman came in. The first woman did not recognise her but offered her a seat but she stood staring at the pot. All of a sudden she started singing a song beginning 'Smeirig s an tir s smeirig san tir is, (Far) n ichear na daoine a rioc a bhidh'. After this she...
Dates: c1875
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Transcription notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Story about Cuchulainn, 6 April 1869

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW107/41
Scope and Contents

Story collected from Duncan MacDonald, Donnachadh Mac an Taillear [Donnachadh Mac an Tàillear], from Snaosveall [Sniseabhal/Snishival, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist], which Duncan had heard from his father, who died over 40 years before [c.1829] aged about 80 years. The story is about a rescue by Cuchulainn.

Dates: 6 April 1869
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Story about Gille na Ciotaig and accompanying song 'Bodach Bhearnasdail', 1877

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/81
Scope and Contents Fair copy of a story entitled 'Gille Na Ciotaig' about a poet, related to Lord MacDonald who was originally from North Uist but who had to go and live in South Uist [Uibhist a Deas] because he had satirised the proprietor in North Uist [Uibhist a Tuath] for 'some act of oppression'. He travelled with his horse all around the Highlands and Islands and once when visiting a friend in Bearnasdail [Bernisdale, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye] his horse got loose and ended up in the corn of...
Dates: 1877
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Story about Glenlyon and Gobhainn Innerùidh and accompanying song, 1883

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW120/166
Scope and Contents Story probably collected from Donald MacColl, foxhunter, Glencreran, Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire, about [Robert Campbell of] Glenlyon and Gobhainn Innerùidh [the smith of Inverewe] in which the smith fires a shot at Glenlyon, who asks who he is to which the response is that the bullet comes with the blessing of the 'smith of Innar mhuic' [Innerwick/Inbhir Mhuice, Siorrachd Peairt/Perthshire]. The smith is killed and a battle ensues. The song which accompanies the song is 'Bodaich nam...
Dates: 1883
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael