Identifier Number NS010018
Title Cumha do Shiosalach Strathghlais
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Gu bheil mulad orm-féin
Classifications Elegy
Subjects Chisholms , Strathglas
Structure Three line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Donald
Composer Last Name Chisholm
Composer Patronymic Dònull Gobha
Composer Dates d. 1810
Composer Gender Male
Community Lower South River
County Antigonish
Era Of Poetry Pre 1810
Original Format Publication
Singer
Singer Location
Date Recorded
Collector
Collection Title
Collection Location
Collection Number
Publication Title The Gaelic Bards of Antigonish
Editor Trueman Matheson
Publisher Sìol Cultural Enterprises
Publication Date 2014
Page Number 65
Online Access
Notes 1 From: Mac-Talla, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Vol. 10, No. 28 (April 11, 1902), page 216. See also version in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, “Old Gaelic Songs” by Colin Chisholm, Inverness, Scotland, Vol. 11 (1884-1885), page 218. This article was later published as Unpublished Old Gaelic Songs, by Colin Chisholm, Inverness, Scotland, 1885. The introduction comes from Chisholm’s article.
Notes 2 An song about 'Fair Chisholm'. "Torc sona, biadh ’ s gach ni a bhuineadh do dhuine a bhith a’ fàs a suas dha air dhòigh mhiorbhuilich. Ach ciamar a thàinig na facail gu sin a chiallachadh?" written at the end.
Notes 3 First verse is repeated (may be the chorus)
Notes 4
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