Identifier Number NS015009
Title Òran Seòlaidh
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus Mo shoraidh leis na caileagan
First Line Verse Diluain dh' fhàg sinn Provincetown
Classifications Sailing , Local events and characters , Love
Subjects Fishing , Massachusetts , Newfoundland , Boats
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name
Composer Last Name MacLean
Composer Patronymic
Composer Dates 19th century
Composer Gender Male
Community Orangedale , Provincetown , Grand Banks
County Inverness
Era Of Poetry
Original Format Publication
Singer John Angus Beaton
Singer Location Little Judique , Jamaica Plains , Massachusetts
Date Recorded
Collector Peter MacLean
Collection Title
Collection Location
Collection Number
Publication Title Guthan Prìseil: Guthan agus Òrain Gàidheil Cheap Breatainn
Editor Anne Landin
Publisher Centre for Cape Breton Studies
Publication Date 2009
Page Number 63
Online Access
Notes 1 A version of this song is in Beyond the Hebrides (Ferguson 1977: 243).
Notes 2 It is said to have been composed by a MacLean of Orangedale who went to sea fishing in Grand Banks, Newfoundland.
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