Friday, 5 August 2011

Skye Boat Song

Almost up to date with all the tunes I can so far play (Basically, for the most part - I'm only just now beginning to learn simple ornamentation). Here's Paul Robeson singing this wonderfully Scottish tune:



It was first written down by Annie MacLeod in the 1870's and was based on an old Gaelic rowing song. Here's a link to it's Wiki page:

The Skye Boat Song

No comments:

Post a Comment