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Scottish Tradition (18): Clo Dubh Clo Donn (Black Cloth Brown Cl
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'Clo dubh Clo dunn' is a re-release from the Scottish Tradition Series and it features 18 traditional Gaelic singers and their songs, recorded by the School of Scottish Studies in the 1950s, with the addition of one or two recorded in the 60s, 70s and 90s. All are unaccompanied.
"Singling out a few of the many musical gems to be found on this set, mention must be made of the Angus Kenneth MacIver's version of 'I ri iu o ro leannain'. Recorded in 1969, Angus, from Uig, Lewis, sings in what has become known as the traditional Lewis style. The song is a beautiful love lament and he sings its verses and refrain with detailed ornamentation, piecing together the melody as though it were a mosaic of inflection, with drama and emphasis coming from the words. It gives a real insight into the old music of Lewis."...from a review in The Living Tradition Folk Music Magazine
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| Track | Name | Listen |
| 1/1 | Ghuidhinn slˆn don ribhinn (I would wish health to the girl) Hugh MacRae | |
| 1/2 | Cha tèid mi do dh'fhear gun bhˆta (I will not go with a man who has no boat) Penny Morrison | |
| 1/3 | Mur bitheadh na bha chrodh agad (If it weren't for your wealth of cattle) Jessie MacKenzie | |
| 1/4 | I ri iù ˜ r˜ leannain (Sweetheart, a heavy burden is love) Angus Kenneth MacIver | |
| 1/5 | Am maistreadh a bh'aig Moire (Mary's churning) Mary MacColl | |
| 1/6 | A fhleasgaich ùir leanainn thu/Tighinn air a'mhuir (Fine young man, I'd follow you/ The man I will marry will come by the sea) Kitty and Marietta MacLeod | |
| 1/7 | Chuirinn mo ghiollan (I'd send my laddie to drive the sheep) Mrs Kate macDonald | |
| 1/8 | Thig an sme˜rach as t-Earrach (The thrush comes in Spring) John MacDonald | |
| 1/9 | Ho r˜ na cuir cùl rium (Horo, do not turn your back on me) Johnnie Anderson | |
| 1/10 | O's mis' tha cianail fˆillinneach (Oh, sad and frail am I) Archibald Clark | |
| 1/11 | Ci'n fhidheall (Hand me the fiddle) Annie Arnott | |
| 1/12 | Griogal Cridhe (Beloved Gregor) Jessie MacKenzie | |
| 1/13 | Anna NicLe˜id (Annie McLeod) Calum Cameron) | |
| 1/14 | Mhic Iarla nam bratach nˆna (Son of the Earl of White Banners) Calum Johnston and Flora MacNeill | |
| 1/15 | Maighleas M˜r na Guailne/Eadar-ˆ-ghˆrradh (Big Myles of Gualainn/Between two walls) James MacDonald | |
| 1/16 | B'fheˆrr leam fh“n gum beireadh an tèile/Gealbhodaich sa Bheinn Duibh (I wish the other pullet would lay/White bogeymen on the Black Mountain) John MacInnes and John MacLeod | |
| 1/17 | Ceann Trˆigh Ghruinneard (At the head of Gruinard Strand) William Matheson | |
| 1/18 | Gaol an t-se˜ladair (On a summer sunday evening) Peggy Morrison |
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