bbc Video Scottish Gaelic FEAR A\' BHATA

Fear a' Bhàta is a Scottish Gaelic song from the late 18th Century. Although this song is usually given as "traditional" it was actually composed in the late 1700s by Jane Finlayson (Sìne NicFhionnlaigh) of Tong, Lewis for a young Uig fisherman, Donald
MacRae (Dòmhnall MacRath). The part of this story which is rarely told is that they married each other sometime after she wrote the song.
The song appears in The Scottish Gael by James Logan, first published 1831.
THE VIDEO: An atmospheric,and probably the best, rendition of this beautiful
song, sung by Capercaillie's KAREN MATHESON. This is from the February 2009 concert by Capercaillie at the Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow, broadcast by BBC Alba, the BBC's
Gaelic language TV channel (on SKY channel 168).
Side by side Gaelic and English translations of the LYRICS along with the video can be found online here:
http://www.bouncyhavana.com/gaelic.html