Identifier Number NS014016
Title Oidhche Shathurn a' Choiteir
Alternative Title
Air Deoch slàinte luchd nam brachanan
First Line Chorus Lion a chuach 's gu'n traigh sinn i
First Line Verse Se ud am por tha aineolach
Classifications Local events and characters , Political , Satire
Subjects Cotter's Saturday Night , radio program , Gaels
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Hugh Francis
Composer Last Name MacKenzie
Composer Patronymic Eóghann mac Eàirdsidh Sheumais
Composer Dates 1895 - 1971
Composer Gender
Community Rear Christmas Island
County Cape Breton
Era Of Poetry
Original Format Manuscript
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Collector Hugh Francis MacKenzie
Collection Title Mac-Talla nan Cùl
Collection Location Beaton Institute
Collection Number PAM G40
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Page Number 40
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Notes 1 MacKenzie, Hugh F., Mar a b' àbhaist 's a' Ghleann, ed. Kim Ells (Antigonish: Sìol Cultural Enterprises, 2012) 26-30.
Notes 2 J.J. MacInnis fonds, Beaton Institute, MG 6.3a
Notes 3 "Some years ago, a program with the misnomer "Cotters Saturday Night" was featured on the local radio station. The producer (an Englishman) had no respect or appreciation of Scottish culture, with the result that the program aroused such a storm of indignation that orders were issued by the C.B,B, to discontinue it. The late James Hugh, MacNeil and Joseph MacInnis (also deceased) were two stalwarts who worked unceasingly towards this goal. I was asked to commemorate the occasion by a suitable lampoon."
Notes 4 "Some years ago, a program with the misnomer "Cotters Saturday Night" was featured on the local radio station. The producer (an Englishman) had no respect or appreciation of Scottish culture, with the result that the program aroused such a storm of indignation that orders were issued by the C.B,B, to discontinue it. The late James Hugh, MacNeil and Joseph MacInnis (also deceased) were two stalwarts who worked unceasingly towards this goal. I was asked to commemorate the occasion by a suitable lampoon."
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