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From: Mosgladh, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Vol. 3, No. 7, (May, 1931) page 5. This is a reprint of a version which appears in Mac-Talla, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Vol. 10, No. 30 (May 9, 1902), page 231. It also appears in Vol. 10, No. 32, page 247 of Mac-Talla with the history above in Gaelic. The website Gaelstream(http://www.gaelstream.com/gsdl/collect/capebret/index/assoc/D858.dir/GF188i03.mp3 May 28, 2010), has a lengthy recording of the song by Lauchie MacLellan. The melody based on the singing of Lauchie MacLellan is noted in a version of the song found in Brìgh an Òrain, by Dr. John Shaw, Montreal, Quebec, 2000, page 249. The song appears in several places on the internet including Alltan Dubh (http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/alltandubh/orain/Oran_Nan_Granndach.html, May 28, 2010), and MacEdward Leach and the Songs of Atlantic Canada (http://www.mun.ca/folklore/leach/songs/CB/10-01.htm, May 28, 2010), which has six verses and the air recorded on their website. |