Margaret's Glen
Genre: Folk & Traditional
Catalogue Number: BRHCD29
Label: Unknown
Released: July 2007
It was Margaret Fay Shaw’s wish that her friends Paul McCallum and Vivien Mackie should come together to record songs from her book ‘Folksongs and Folklore in South Uist’. Paul is a Mod Gold Medalist and his upbringing in North Glendale, South Uist beside the Macrae sisters’ home, allows him to interpret the songs exactly as he heard them and exactly as Margaret herself heard them in the 1930s. Vivien Mackie is a cellist of considerable acclaim having studied under Pablo Casals. But she also enjoyed visiting Canna House, where she accompanied Margaret playing songs from her book on her Steinway grand piano.
Paul and Vivien performed together in Canna House, and in Glendale, before recording the CD. They now present a first selection from Margaret’s book and a second CD is promised in the not too distant future. They bring them back to their original state, just as the local folk sung them for Margaret, just as she painstakingly wrote them down note by note and word for word. Without Margaret’s efforts many of these priceless songs would have been lost or else irreversibly changed with the pass of time.
Tracklist
- O Mo Dhuthaich
- Till An Crodh, Faigh An Crodh
- Bidh Sior-choineadh
- Taladh Choinnich Oig
- Gur To Mo Nighean Donn Bhoidheach
- A Mhor Thromanach
- A' Ghoil, Lig Dhachaigh Gu M' Mhathair Mi
- Ho Ro Gun Togainn Air Ugain Fhathast
- Tha Mi Sgith M' Onaran
- O, Co Bheir Mi Liom
- O Ho Nighean, E Ho Nighean
- Cha n-Eil A Chuis A Cordodh Rium
- Cuigeal Na Maighdin
- 'S Ann Di-luain Ro' La Fheill MhicheilFail O Ro Mar Dh-Fhag Sinn
- Diridh Mi Stuc NanCreag
- Ho Ro Gur Toigh Linn Anna!
- A Bhean Iadach
- An Gille Donn
- Taladh Ar Slanair
- Tha MoDhuil, Tha Mo Dhuil
