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Sandy MacDonald of Skye/The Great Exodus
Sandy was an old man that worked as a navvy with Dermod, though he was probably only in his forties. He had a hacking cough and was merely a bag of bones but laboured hard with his fellow workmates. One evening in the winter, he declared that he longed to see his home of Skye once more before he left this world for good. Moleskin Joe got a money collection together from all the other navvies (by force and otherwise!) and gave Sandy the money needed to go home. With plans to go home the next day, he went to bed with a happy heart but alas, passed away in his sleep.
The following summer, the squad were given their final pay and told that their services were no longer needed. Together they set off down the mountains towards Glasgow, old and young alike, “an army of scarecrows, ragged, unkempt scarecrows of civilisation”, in search of the next job.
lyrics
And dip in some enchanted page,
Or linger o’er a story told
By some grey chronicler of old,
The dreamer of a long-past age.
credits
from The Road Across the Hills,
released February 22, 2019
Music composed by Gráinne Brady with 'A Navvy's Philosophy' by Patrick MacGill
Gráinne Brady – fiddle
Andrew Waite – piano accordion
Innes White – guitar, tenor guitar
Steve Forman - percussion
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Just the most fun. Every set is one I want to sit down and learn, and they play with so much ENERGY and STYLE. Crunchy, tangible sound. I'll never get tired of listening to Kinnaris Quintet play. andpersand
Listening to this album's rich, beautiful melodies and spirited performances feels like seeing a fantastical other-world emerge from the Earth itself. The emotions running through "A Mermaid at Fearn" are so complex and genuine it could convince anyone that mermaids are really out there. Gyakuten