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- Title:
- An Luchag Ghlas (Duan)
- Last Name:
- Laing
- First Name:
- Calum (An t-Urr.)
- Origin:
- Knockintorran, North Uist/Cnoc an Torrain, Uibhist a Tuath
- Year:
- 2001
- Volume:
- 194
- First Page:
- 124
- Last Page:
- 125
- Language:
- Gaelic
- Type:
- Song/Rhyme
- Genre:
- Poetry
- Register:
- Humorous
- Comments:
Le Calum Laing (nach maireann). | Tha an rann seo a' nochdadh anns a' chruinneachadh de rosg agus bàrdachd aig an Urr. Calum Laing, air a chur ri chèile le a mhac: Calum Laing, deas. 'Tha Cuimhn' Agam...: Gaelic and English Writings. Malcolm Laing 1888-1968' (Siorrachd Pheairt: Grace Note Publications, 2017), tdd 98-99. Tha an deasaiche ag innse na leanas mu dheidhinn: 'Sgrìobh m' athair an duan seo do mo phiuthar as sine, Anna. Bha i còmhla ris an uair a chuala iad sporghail anns a' bhalla. "Dè tha siud, Dadaidh?" dh'fhaighnich i. "Tha luchag ghlas," fhreagair e. "Siuthad Dadaidh can ann am port e". Sin a rinn e. Bha seo mu 1932' (Ibid., td. 188).
