08/21/05 Griogal Cridhe (Beloved Gregor)
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08/21/05 Griogal Cridhe (Beloved Gregor)
08/21/05 Tony Higgins, still on vacation, records a Scottish lament, Griogal Cridhe (Beloved Gregor). I heard it sung by Mac-Talla, a great Scottish singing group. The cd liner notes say it is the oldest recorded (transcribed) Gaelic song (1570). The chief of the MacGregor clan was executed then. His wife sang this lament. A vicar wrote it down. If it doesn't sound heartbreakingly sad, I screwed it up... or you have no heart. I mean I even added reverb to to give it a castle wall ambience. (slow airs)
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