Identifier Number NS009022
Title Òran do Neòinean-Chùbhraidh
Alternative Title Address to a May Flower
Air
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Dh’éirich mi moch maduinn shamhraidh
Classifications Nature , Praise
Subjects The Sun , May flowers , seasons , plants , beauty
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 19th Century
Original Format Publication
Singer
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Date Recorded
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Publication Title O Cheapaich nan Craobh
Editor Trueman Matheson
Publisher Sìol Cultural Enterprises
Publication Date 2008
Page Number 112
Online Access
Notes 1 The following song was contained in a letter to Rev. A. Maclean Sinclair dated December 30th, 1896, currently held in the Nova Scotia Public Archives in Halifax. Dr. Michael Linkletter ran across the song in 2004 while working on his PhD. thesis on the Rev A. Maclean Sinclair. The title which the bard gave to the song was ‘Address to a May Flower.’ It was composed for the first Mayflower he had ever seen.
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