rich r, once again, I am in your debt. Many thanks for your corrections and information. I can see now why I could not understand that line - I failed to grasp that it was a place name. The Men of the Deeps' rendition, with Nipper MacLeod as soloist, is poignant indeed. They omit the third stanza that you have supplied. I have now ordered the book that you cite - sounds like a good'un.

I note that in the second last line of my posting, I misspelled 'MacGillivray', but I got it right under the title line.

--Stewie.