Identifier Number NS002886
Title Bàta Alasdair Fhearchair
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First Line Chorus O mo bhàta laghach 's tu mo bhàta grinn
First Line Verse Gura donna a rinn Calum
Classifications Local events and characters
Subjects island , boat
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Malcolm
Composer Last Name Gillis
Composer Patronymic Calum Mac Gill-Iosa , Calum Eoghain 'ic Aonghais 'ic Caluim 'ic Dhòmhnaill 'ic Dhonnchaidh
Composer Dates 1856 - 1929
Composer Gender Male
Community South-West Margaree
County Inverness
Era Of Poetry
Original Format Sound Recording
Singer Joe Neil MacNeil
Singer Location Middle Cape
Date Recorded 1973
Collector CBU Radio
Collection Title Beaton Institute Sound and Moving Image Collection
Collection Location Beaton Institute
Collection Number T-1189 , Side 2 , 00:03:25
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Online Access https://beatoninstitute.com/t-1189
Notes 1 Aired on CBI Radio in 1977. Originally recorded in 1972.
Notes 2 Spoken, not sung.
Notes 3 Beaton Institute description: Dan and Joe Neil MacNeil interviewed by Rosemary Hutchinson
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