Barlinnie - Am Blàr Lèanach – The Marshy Pool

Tha port Raibeirt Uallais, Barlinnie Highlander, air ainmeachadh airson seann iar-riaghladair a' phrìosain, Seumas Camshron Stiùbhart. Pìobaire e, agus bha e mar chleachdadh dha gu tric a bhi cosg trusgan denim nam prìosanach fhèin. Chaidh Rab ga thoirt gu farpais pìobaireachd là, agus thachair e ris le èideadh a' phrìosain fhathast gu h-àrd, agus fhèileadh, stocainnean-fhèilidh agus spatais gu h-ìosal. Tha a' chiad chaismeachd a' gabhail seann ainm na sgìre, agus an ruidhle mu dheireadh a' cuimhneachadh prìosanaich ainmeil - choisich Steaphan Gough bho cheann gu ceann Bhreatainn dearg-rùisgte, is fhuair e ioma binn-prìosain ri linn. Chuir e seachad greis ’s a’ Bhar-L, is chaidh a chur an greim cho luath is a leigeadh ma sgaoil e, air sgàth...

A piper who also liked to dress for work like his inmates – denim jacket and jeans - Rab Wallace met him at the prison on one occasion to take him to a band contest and found him top half in prison issue kit and bottom half in kilt, hose and spats. The opening march goes back to the original name of the Blàr Lèanach, while the Naked Rambler is named for a famous inmate, Stephen Gough, who walked the length of the British Isles in the nude. He spent a considerable number of years in various Scottish prisons as a result: on leaving Barlinnie, he was promptly arrested again for…

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