Identifier Number NS002024
Title ’S e Gillean Mo Rùin
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First Line Chorus ’S e gillean mo rùin a thogadh oirnn sunnd
First Line Verse Sa mhadainn an-dé 's mi biathachadh na sprèidh
Classifications Praise
Subjects sons , soldiers , home
Structure Two line verse / Three line chorus
Place Of Origin Scotland
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Composer Gender Male
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Original Format Sound Recording
Singer Hector MacNeil
Singer Location Benacadie
Date Recorded 1968
Collector Mark Johnstone
Collection Title Beaton Institute Sound and Moving Image Collection
Collection Location Beaton Institute
Collection Number T-133 , Side 1 , 00:18:40
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Online Access https://beatoninstitute.com/t-133
Notes 1 The informant says that this songs concerns three sons who went away to war about a thousand years ago and returned home surprising their father while he was feeding the cows in the stable. It is said that the father composed the song for that occasion.
Notes 2 Beaton Institute description: Hector MacNeil, Gaelic Songs and Stories
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