2 December 2025 - Christmas Advent Song
Song: Buain an Ranaich
2nd December 2025 – Buain an Ranaich.
It’s a song I learned in primary school and remember singing it the Rùm Bheag (P1-P4). This song is supposedly being sung by a fairy man who’s fallen in love with a human woman. She is forbidden to see him and he is now tired and lonely searching for her. Every day he’s cutting down bracken and wishing she was with him. In the last verse he is telling that when all the fairies are singing in the fairy knoll singing he is broken hearted and droning rather than singing. Oh and I do have backing vocals towards the end!
Mairi MacMIllan
Mod Gold Medal winner Màiri MacMillan is a South Uist native and celebrated Gaelic singer, weaving the Gaelic language into a stunningly contemporary sound. With airplay on BBC Alba and a nomination for Gaelic Singer of the Year, she delivers captivating performances that are both deeply rooted and boldly innovative.
