Identifier Number NS006012
Title Oran
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus O mo bhata laghach
First Line Verse ’S mise tha gu deurach
Classifications Praise
Subjects Son
Structure Eight line verse / Two line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Mary
Composer Last Name MacLeod
Composer Patronymic Mairi Eachainn Ruaidh, bean Iain I'c Leoid
Composer Dates
Composer Gender Female
Community Christmas Island
County Cape Breton
Era Of Poetry
Original Format Publication
Singer
Singer Location
Date Recorded
Collector Archibald J. MacKenzie
Collection Title
Collection Location
Collection Number
Publication Title History of Christmas Island Parish
Editor Archibald J. MacKenzie
Publisher
Publication Date 1926
Page Number 160
Online Access http://collections.stfx.ca/cdm/ref/collection/texts/id/17685
Notes 1 James McLeod, the subject of the above song, was a well-known and respected citizen of North Sydney where some of his family still live. He was his mother's favourite son, and she grieved much over his absence from home one time he went to the United States.
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