I continue my adventures in "Skye Boat Song". It is, Wikipedia tells me, made to the tune of a Gaelic song called " Cuachag nan Craobh" ("Cuckoo of the Tree") by William Ross (y'all knew that - I didn't). I have absolutely no Gaelic, so does anyone have a translation of the song for me to look at? The help would be much appreciated.

#Wikipedia #WilliamRoss #Gaelic #GaelicLiterature #SkyeBoatSong #MastoBrain

Ok #MastoBrain locate a long gone ship for me. In his 1892 version of "The Skye Boat Song" R. L. Stevenson describes a boat trip (to Skye, obviously) and locates the boat thus:

Mull was astern, Rum on the port,
Eigg on the starboard bow;

So, I've been mucking about with maps of the inner Hebrides but I cannot fully locate the boat. Any literary geographers/navigators out there who can help me?

#SkyeBoatSong #Hebrides #RobertLouisStevenson #Literature

Nach dem ich neulich den Skye Boat Song als #Ohrwurm hatte, ist jetzt Scots Wha Hae dran.
Now’s the day and now’s the hour¹
See the front o' battle lour¹;

In zwei Wochen ist es bestimmt Flower of Scotland. 😅

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