The notebook , watermarked 1831, is inscribed (folio 2 recto) ‘Co-chruinneachadh Orain Ghaidhealach’.

The contents are as follows.

(i) Evan MacColl. “S’ i so ‘n nollaig a leon mi”, 6 quatrains + chorus. Cf. “Clàrsach nan Beann” (1937), page 100 (folio 3 recto);

(ii) Evan MacColl. “Aig taobh Aoradh na gànraich”, 5 quatrains + chorus. “Esan ‘ga freagairt”. Cf. “Clàrsach nan Beann” (1937), page 101 (folio 4 recto);

(iii) Evan MacColl. “Tha ‘n samhradh aig tighinn gu h-ealamh”, 5 quatrains. Cf. “Clàrsach nan Beann” (1937), page 161 (folio 5 recto);

(iv) Evan MacColl. ‘Chaochail i mar neulta ruiteach’, 6 quatrains. Cf. “Clàrsach nan Beann” (1937), page 29 (middle of folio 5 verso);

(v) Evan MacColl. ‘So, so, illean! Si bhanais i!’ 4 quatrains. Cf. “Clàrsach nan Beann” (1937), page 59 (folio 6 verso);

(vi) Evan MacColl. ‘O why do I love thee, Glenaray, o why?’ 5 quatrains (folio 8 recto);

(vii) ‘Mactalla’. Thy life was like a morning cloud, 6 quatrains. Translation of ‘Chaochail i mar neulta ruiteach’ above (middle of folio 8 verso);

(viii) “Eliza’s modest, mild and fair”, 4 quatrains + chorus. ‘Ewen MacColl – this and the foregoing pieces’ (folio 9 verso);

(ix) Note on the work ‘The history of the feuds and conflicts among the clans … To which is added, A collection of curious songs in the Gallic language, published from an original manuscript’. The following four items are taken from this work, with improved spelling. (middle of folio 10 recto);

(x) [John Bethune]. ‘Sgeula beag air Baran Supair’, 108 lines + prose. Crosanachd on James Maxwell, Argyll’s factor in Kintyre. ‘The history of the feuds and conflicts among the clans … To which is added, A collection of curious songs in the Gallic language, published from an original manuscript’, page 101 (folio 10 verso);

(xi) “Na bi bruidhneach an tigh mòr”, 5 quatrains. ‘The history of the feuds and conflicts among the clans … To which is added, A collection of curious songs in the Gallic language, published from an original manuscript’, page 106 (bottom of folio 13 verso);

(xii) ‘Mile marbhphasg air a mhisg’, 2 quatrains. ‘The history of the feuds and conflicts among the clans … To which is added, A collection of curious songs in the Gallic language, published from an original manuscript’, page 137 (folio 14 verso);

(xiii) ‘Mar fhadadh teine fo loch’, 1 quatrain. ‘The history of the feuds and conflicts among the clans … To which is added, A collection of curious songs in the Gallic language, published from an original manuscript’, page 132 (middle of folio 14 verso);

(xiv) “An so na luidhe ‘s an Innis”, 3 quatrains. From Pennant’s ‘Tour in Scotland’, volume 2, page 390. With English verse and prose translations (folio 15 recto);

(xv) “‘S beag thu bheanag bhronach”, 1 quatrain. With introduction (middle of folio 16 recto);

(xv) ‘Gluais gu foil a shruthain uaibhrich’, 4 quatrains. From MacLean, ‘Adhamh agus Eubh’, page 34 (folio 16 verso);

(xvi) Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill. “Bidhimsa buan air buadhairt gach ló”, 11 quatrains + 2 choruses. From Hardiman’s ‘Irish Minstrelsy’, volume 2, page 70 (folio 17 recto);

(xvii) Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill. ‘A shaoi ghlain de phriom-sgoith nan sar fhear soar’, 10 quatrains. From Hardiman’s ‘Irish Minstrelsy’, volume 2, page 64 (folio 19 recto);

(xviii) Eibhlín Ní Chaoilte. ‘Stadaidh bhur n-geur-ghul a ghasraidh chaomhdha’, 3 stanzas. . From Hardiman’s ‘Irish Minstrelsy’, volume 2, page 82 (middle of folio 20 recto);

(xix) Seán Ó Tuama. “Go deigheanach a’s Phoebus faoi neoil ag suighe dhomh air mhor-sleasaibh Máigh”, 7 + 1 quatrains. From Hardiman’s ‘Irish Minstrelsy’, volume 2, page 252 (folio 21 recto);

(xx) “Aisling gheur do dhearcas féin”, 6 stanzas. From Hardiman’s ‘Irish Minstrelsy’, volume 1, page 304 (folio 22 verso);

(xxi) Donald MacPherson. ‘Tiugainn leam do ghleann nan cuach’, 7 stanzas. ‘Transcribed and finally corrected – 24 May 1853’ (folio 24 verso);

(xxii) Donald MacPherson. “‘Shlana nan gaol, ainnir an fhraoich”, 7 stanzas (middle of page 25 verso);

(xxiii) Donald MacPherson. ‘Os dubhar bais biodh cliu na mna’, 8 quatrains. Elegy on Mrs Anne Grant of Laggan (died 1839) (folio 28 recto);

(xxiv) Donald MacPherson. “In days of old, when Caledonia’s sons”, 12 stanzas. From ‘Och nan och, mar a ta!’ (MS.14894, folio 51 recto) (folio 29 verso).