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Track(s) taken from CDH88024

Isle of my Heart

First line:
As down by the shore I wander early at morn
composer
Anonymous - traditional
An air collected from Joan Stewart Lewis at Eyemouth, Isle of Lewis, by Mrs Kennedy-Fraser and her son David
arranger
Marjorie Kennedy-Fraser (1857-1930)
author of text
Anonymous - traditional
The translation of the original Gaelic is by Kenneth Macleod
translator of text
Kenneth Macleod (1871-1955)

Alison Pearce (soprano), Susan Drake (harp)
Recording details: February 1981
Unknown, Unknown
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: February 1989
Total duration: 3 minutes 38 seconds

Cover artwork: The Sound of Mull, looking towards the mountains of Morven.
 

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