William (Bill) Lamey (1914-1991) spent most of his adult life in the Boston area. As a young man, before he left Cape Breton, he made a number of 78s which later, in the 70s, were reissued on the Shanachie label. Recently these tracks have all been posted as free downloads on a site called INTERNET ARCHIVE (www.archive.org) This link will take you to the proper page for free downloads. Better resolution is available from Paul MacDonald, however his site is currently down. Notation Links Clips Highlanders Farewell to Ireland MP3 Glen Grant MP3 Miss Robertson MP3 Whistle o'r the Lave O't MP3 Sandy Skinner MP3 The Breem Dog

Track Listing

01. Bog an Lochain / Clan Ranald / Nine Point Coggie 02. Niel Gow's Lamentation For John Moray (Niel Gow) / Johnny Pringle (William Marshall)/ The Lassie With the Yellow Coatie 03. MacKenzie Hay / The Kerrie Kebbuck / The Spey in Spate 04. Highland Watches Farewell to Ireland 05. Prince Charlie's Welcome to The Isle of Skye 06. Minstrel's Fancy / Upper Denton 07. Lovat Scout's / Marquis of Tullybardine 08. Whistle O'er The Lave O't / Cross of Inverness / Muschat's Cairn 09. Dr. Shaw / The Breem Dog / Sandy Skinner 10. Lieut. Howard Douglas / The Forest of Garth (aka The Forest of Ga-ick by William Marshall) / Miss Stewart of Garth 11. The Warlock's / Miss Flora MacDonald 12. Glen Grant / Miss Robertson

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