Green Hills of Islay, The

DESCRIPTION: "The green hills of Islay (or New Bay), they're far far away" The singer thinks of the glens and hills of home. His mother prays for him and longs for his return. A sweetheart may change an old love for new but the love of a mother is always the same.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1951 (MUNFLA-Leach)
KEYWORDS: homesickness home return separation nonballad mother
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf) Britain(Scotland(Aber))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
ADDITIONAL: Alexander MacMillan MacShannon, "The Green Hills of Islay". School of Scottish Studies Archive SA1975.045, https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/74841?l=en accessed 7/15/2023
Roud #24801 and 30128
RECORDINGS:
Theresa Butler, "The Green Hills of New Bay" (on MUNFLA-Leach)
NOTES [31 words]: The MUNFLA/Leach text is a localized version of the Argyllshire text. Islay is an island of the Inner Hebrides; New Bay is on the north coast of Newfoundland. Steve Roud splits the two. - BS
Last updated in version 6.6
File: ML3GHiIs

Go to the Ballad Search form
Go to the Ballad Index Song List

Go to the Ballad Index Instructions
Go to the Ballad Index Bibliography or Discography