Identifier Number NS002927
Title Cumha Tìr a' Ghuail
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus O gur misde, hé gur misde
First Line Verse ’S mór am milleadh air an Éipheit
Classifications Lament , Homeland
Subjects coal mine , out-migration
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Angus
Composer Last Name MacFarlane
Composer Patronymic Angus Bàn
Composer Dates Pre 1931
Composer Gender Male
Community
County Inverness
Era Of Poetry Pre 1931
Original Format Sound Recording
Singer Mary Margaret MacLean
Singer Location Whycocomah
Date Recorded
Collector Norman MacDonald
Collection Title Beaton Institute Sound and Moving Image Collection
Collection Location Beaton Institute
Collection Number T-2030 , Side 1 , 00:07:08
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Online Access https://beatoninstitute.com/t-2030
Notes 1 Highland Settler, p. 130
Notes 2 Mentions Jamieson pipers of Egypt leaving to work in industrial Cape Breton.
Notes 3 Beaton Institute description: Early Days in Washabuck
Notes 4 "Cumha" Music: Cape Breton's Diversity in Unity, http://beatoninstitutemusic.ca/gaelic/cumha/
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