Identifier Number NS004010
Title Cha Dean Mi Gair Eibhinn
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Air
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Cha dean me gair eibhinn
Classifications Lament , Local events and characters
Subjects man , Iain MacDhòmhnaill , Prince Edward Island , friends
Structure Woven
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Hugh
Composer Last Name McDonald
Composer Patronymic H. N. McDonald
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Composer Gender Male
Community Lake Ainslie
County Inverness
Era Of Poetry 1876
Original Format Manuscript
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Collector Charles Dunn
Collection Title Dunn Collection
Collection Location Harvard University
Collection Number 18087 , Box # 6 , Folder # 3
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Notes 1 "Lines Compd by Hugh Mc Donald on his way from P. E. Island to his native home viz.- Lake Ainslie Cape Breton and has been written on his being sad on departing with his friends viz:- Mr. Mac Kinnon, Tailor, Mrs. and children -"
Notes 2 "Air – Similar to that of Cumha Mhac Gregoir –"
Notes 3 "- N. B. Every two lines to be sung twice –"
Notes 4 "September 1876"
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