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Donald MacInnes performing Gaelic songs from the Hebrides, Scotland, 1939

Sound recordings: In Scots Gaelic.

Comprises a group of field materials documenting Donald MacInnes performing unaccompanied Scots Gaelic songs from the Hebrides, Scotland, on February 15, and June 15 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Oakland, California.

Recordings:

February 15, 1939:
Soiridh leis an aite
Chi mi Tir sa robh mi nam bhalach
Thug mi n'oichde rir sa bhath
Oran Mhairi nighean Iaian Bhan
Na Ghaidid ann a Vancouver
Mo nighean og bhoideach uibhisteach
Eilean Leodhais
Tha bhuidh air an uisge bheadach

June 15, 1939:

Sugradh ris an nighean duibh
Mo chridhe trom s'dulaich
Mo cheu

Biographical and historical notes:

Donald MacInnes is from the island of South Uist in the Hebrides, Scotland.

 

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