Canadian Boat-Song

About this film

LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of Canadian Boat-Song by Unknown. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for October 4, 2105. Read in English by Bruce Kachuk; David Lawrence; Newgatenovelist; J. McDougall; Livia F.; Leonard Wilson; Katie Rose and Maria Kasper. Portion of an article in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, VOL. XXVI July-December, 1829: "The late Earl of Eglinton, a distinguished member of a family not destitute of Celtic blood, and which has even been illustrious honour and patriotic feelings and principles, had a high opinion of the loyalty and bravery of the Canadian Highlanders, and left the following translation of one of their boat songs among his papers, set to music by his own hand." ( David Lawrence) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B Audiobook (8MB)

Directors & creators

Unknown

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;poetry; history; Scottish; boat

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