Eilean Mo Chridhe
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"Eilean Mo Chridhe" is a Scottish Gaelic folk song written during the First World War. The composer was John Angus 'Kaid' MacLean of Portree, Skye. The meaning of the title in English is "Island of my Heart". This song shares a melody with Westering Home (1939) and Vera Lynn's Travellin' Home (1957).[1]
Recordings[edit]
- 1936 - by Neil McLean[2]
- 1960 - Cheap Breatainn, Songs of Cape Breton, by Lauchie Gillis (Celtic Records)[3]
- 196? - Gaelic folklore of Cape Breton Island, by Mae Campbell Cameron (Rodeo)[3] OCLC 78437623
- 1974 - The whisky chorus, by Alasdair Gillies (Beltona SBE 170)
- 1985 - Gaelic Songs from Mira, by Lauchie Gillis
- 199? - This is Sydney (instrumental) West Hill, Ontario: Holborne Distributing Co OCLC 29940187
Publications[edit]
- c. 1917 - Kennedy-Fraser, Marjory, and MacLeod, Kenneth. Twelve selected songs of the Hebrides : from volume II / collected, edited, translated and arranged for voice and pianoforte by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser and Kenneth Macleod. London : Boosey & Co.
- 1965 - Great Britain, Army: Scots Guards. Scots Guards standard settings of pipe music. [Volume I]. London: Paterson's Publications. OCLC 6851298
- 1977 - Fergusson, D. A. Fad air falbh as Innse Gall: Leis comh-chruinneachadh Cheap Breatuinn. Beyond the Hebrides: including the Cape Breton collection. Page 72. Halifax, N.S.: Fergusson.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Vera Lynn's Record Did Not Break Copyright". The Daily Telegraph (32696). London, England. 1 June 1960. p. 13.
- ↑ Sir Compton Mackenzie; Christopher Stone (1936). The Gramophone. C. Mackenzie. p. 164. Search this book on
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Conn, Stephanie (2017). "Private tape collections and socio-musical transmission in mid-century Cape Breton: The Gaelic song tapes of Peter MacLean". International Journal of Traditional Arts (1): 8. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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