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Thread #168410   Message #4068681
Posted By: Felipa
17-Aug-20 - 07:29 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Gillean Uidhist
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Gillean Uibhist
here us another 20th century song about a North Uistman off to war. Calum Mac an Tòisich wrote the words of 'S Fhada Bhuamsa Thar a' Chuain from his own experience of WW2, and Catríona Garbutt set the words to music.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/alba/oran/orain/s_fhada_bhuamsa_thar_a_chuain/

youtube recording of Julie Fowlis and Catríona Garbutt, words and translation posted on the page
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwVhUXAW1PA

That recording isn't so much to my taste, but I love most of Julie Fowlis' work. She herself has composed a tune for a world war 1 Gaelic poem,"air an Somme" by Domhnall Ruadh Corona,