Identifier Number NS010064
Title Duanag do Cheap Breatunn
Alternative Title
Air "Fhir a’ bhàta, ’s na ho ro eile”
First Line Chorus An tìr a dh’fhàg mi, na ho ro eile
First Line Verse Thoir soraidh bhuamsa thar chuain gu m’ chairdean
Classifications Homeland , Lament
Subjects Cape Breton
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Alexander
Composer Last Name MacDonald
Composer Patronymic Am Painter Mòr , Alasdair ‘Sandi Mór’ ‘ic Dhòmhnaill Mhóir
Composer Dates 1829 - 1910
Composer Gender Male
Community Antigonish
County Antigonish
Era Of Poetry Pre 1902
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 197
Online Access
Notes 1 From: Mac-Talla, Vol. 11, No. 13 (December 26, 1902), page 104. It was reprinted in Beyond the Hebrides – Fad air Falbh ás Innse Gall, by Donald A. Fergusson, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1977, page 55. It also appears in the “Angus Steven Beaton MS.”
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