MacCrimmon's Lament

DESCRIPTION: "Round Coolin's peak the mist is sailing." The mists stream, the banshee wails, the beasts and brooks mourn, the singer's eyes stream for MacCrimmon, who never shall return. "No more forever Shall love or gold bring back MacCrimmon."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1954 (recording, Jeannie Robertson); tune reportedly in print in 1884
KEYWORDS: death separation nonballad animal
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Porter/Gower-Jeannie-Robertson-EmergentSingerTransformativeVoice #32, pp. 169-170, "MacCrimmon's Lament" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #5134
File: RPG032

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