I was on Barra in the Outer Hebridies of Scotland in the early 1970s. Stayed 5 days, went to a ceili, rented a car for a day. The highest point on the island affords a really good view. I was able to look south down the chain to Mingulay which was - and still is, I suppose - uninhabited. The islanders had been moved off about 20 years earlier as I recall. I've always been curious about the origin of "The Mingulay Boat Song." Virtually everyone has heard it but how has it spread from Mingulay (presumably) to everywhere else. If it's really from Mingulay, it must've been composed in Scots Gaelic, the everyday language of the Hebridies? All the best, Dan
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