On Monday, July 31, 1995 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Craig Cockburn wrote:

In article <DCL5DM.CqI@dcs.ed.ac.uk> morna@dcs.ed.ac.uk "Morna.Findlay" writes:

Yestre'en I saw a terruble TV programme called "Highlanders" narrated
by Sean Connery.
What a lot of old tripe it was.

Yes. The sort of stuff designed for the export market which they really
have a cheek showing here! The gap between Scottish export culture and Scottish living culture grows wider.

However, one of the interviewees mentioned "the oldest recorded song in Gaelic which is still sung"

He didnae sing it, nor recite the Gaelic words, but translated it as:

"This day, this day, this day has gone against us,
This day and every day has gone against us"

Never heard of it!. Although there were many notables from the School
of Scottish Studies on the programme so I would assume that the facts
were right even if the presentation was rather shortbread-tin.

There was some good singing by Karen Matheson in the programme,
including "Mo run geal og" ( a song lamenting the death of a soldier at Culloden) and "O mo dhuthaich" (An emigration song)

I always thought that the oldest Gaelic song still sung is Seathan
which we did at the Sabhal Mor Ostaig singing course last summer with Christine Primrose. It is also in Carmina Gaedelica and on a Cathy-Anne MacPhee album. I think it's 12-13th C or thereabouts (Seathan was the
son of the King of Ireland if this helps to put a maximum age on the
song).

--
Craig Cockburn (pronounced "coburn"), Edinburgh, Scotland
Sgri\obh thugam 'sa Gha\idhlig ma 'se do thoil e.

Pronounced COCK-burn...

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