Pibroch of Donald Dhu
(Redirected from Gathering Song of Donald Dhu)
- "Pibroch of Donuil Dhu" in The Book of Scottish Song (1843)
- "Gathering Song of Donald Dhu" in Poems That Every Child Should Know (1904)
'The "Pibroch of Donald the Black" is a very ancient pibroch belonging to Clan Macdonald, and supposed to refer to the expedition of Donald Balloch, who, in 1431, launched from the isles with a considerable force, invaded Lochaber, and at Inverlochy defeated and put to flight the Earls of Mar and Caithness, though at the head of an army superior to his own. The song here given was written by Sir Walter Scott for Campbell's Albyn's Anthology, 1816.'—Alexander Whitelaw, The Book of Scottish Song (1843)