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Lament for the Children

Title

Alternative Title

Cumha na Cloinne Lament for the Clans

Artist

John MacDonald, RU Brown, WM MacDonald, Dr Angus MacDonald, Malcolm R MacPherson, Patrick Molard (D MacDonald setting), Willie MacCallum (ground only), Bill Livingstone, Iain MacFadyen

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This, arguably the most beautiful lament, is credited to Patrick Mor MacCrimmon after he lost seven of his eight sons within a year due to smallpox brought to Skye by a visiting ship.

Judges Note 2009

Various differences in settings are possible. In particular, John MacDonald’s (and RU Brown’s) last bar of line 2 of the ground, with a G grace note on the F before high G, instead of on the E, appears only in Binneas is Borreraig and not in the other usual sources. Similarly, the high G grace note on the last B in the last bar of variation 1, instead of the GED cadence.

Kilberry’s ‘Sidelights’ contains an extensive note on different styles.

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PS Book 3, Kilberry, Binneas

Donald MacDonald V 2 The Children's Lament
Donald MacDonald Junior Children's Lament
Angus MacKay Manuscript The Children's Lament
John MacKay Manuscript The Lament for the Children 40
David Glen's Book Lament, for The Children
John MacDougall-Gillies Manuscript Lament for the Children
Colin Cameron Manuscript 29 Children’s Lament. Cumha na Cloinne
John Smith MS The Children's Lament