Identifier Number NS010010
Title Cumha dha Bràthair Seumas
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First Line Chorus Gur a h-aithghearr an céilidh
First Line Verse Dol gu m’ leabaidh cha tàmh dhomh
Classifications Lament
Subjects Brother
Structure Six line verse / Two line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name John
Composer Last Name MacGillivray
Composer Patronymic Iain òg Mac Gille Bhràth mac Iain am Pìobaire
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Community Malignant Brook
County Antigonish
Era Of Poetry Pre 1851
Original Format Publication
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Publication Title The Gaelic Bards of Antigonish
Editor Trueman Matheson
Publisher Sìol Cultural Enterprises
Publication Date 2014
Page Number 37
Online Access
Notes 1 From: An Cuairtear Òg Gaelach, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, March, 1851, page 54. See also version from singing of Angus MacLellan of Grand Mira in Bàrdachd á Albainn Nuaidh by Calum Iain N. MacLeòid, Glasgow, Scotland, 1970, page 42.
Notes 2 James died in London in the "Freiceadan Beatha na Ban-rinn"
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