Identifier Number |
NS009018 |
Title |
Cumha d’ a Mhnaoi |
Alternative Title |
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Air |
Of a’ the airts the wind can blaw |
First Line Chorus |
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First Line Verse |
A shaoghail, ’s cruaidh leam bhuin do ghruaim |
Classifications |
Lament |
Subjects |
Loss , Death |
Structure |
Eight line verse |
Place Of Origin |
Nova Scotia |
Composer First Name |
Alexander |
Composer Last Name |
MacDonald |
Composer Patronymic |
Alasdair mac Ailein 'ic Iain 'ic Ruaraidh 'ic Iain 'ic Iain 'ic Ruaraidh , Alasdair Ailein Mhór , Bàrd na Ceapaich |
Composer Dates |
1820 - 1904 |
Composer Gender |
Male |
Community |
Keppoch |
County |
Antigonish |
Era Of Poetry |
1880 |
Original Format |
Publication |
Singer |
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Singer Location |
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Date Recorded |
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Collector |
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Collection Title |
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Collection Location |
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Collection Number |
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Publication Title |
O Cheapaich nan Craobh |
Editor |
Trueman Matheson |
Publisher |
Sìol Cultural Enterprises |
Publication Date |
2008 |
Page Number |
90 |
Online Access |
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Notes 1 |
From: The Gaelic Bards – from 1825-1875 by the Rev. A. Maclean Sinclair, Sydney, Nova Scotia, 1904, page 115 |
Notes 2 |
The song appears in Mac-Talla, Vol. 12, No. 11 (1903) |
Notes 3 |
The song and tune were also published in Fad air Falbh as Innse Gall – Beyond the Hebrides by Donald A. Fergusson, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1977, page 298 |
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