Identifier Number NS016002
Title Dean Cadalan Sàmhach, A Chuilein Mo Rùin
Alternative Title Duanag Altruim
Air
First Line Chorus Dean cadalan sàmhach, a chuilein mo rùin
First Line Verse Gur h-ann an America tha sinn an dràsd
Classifications Lullaby
Subjects Emigration
Structure Four Line Verse
Place Of Origin United States of America
Composer First Name John
Composer Last Name MacRae
Composer Patronymic Iain Mac Mhurchaidh
Composer Dates
Composer Gender Male
Community North Carolina , Kintail
County
Era Of Poetry
Original Format Publication
Singer Hector MacKinnon
Singer Location Ainslie Glen (Isle of Muck tradition)
Date Recorded 10-09-1937
Collector John Lorne Campbell
Collection Title
Collection Location Canna House / School of Scottish Studies
Collection Number
Publication Title Songs Remembered in Exile
Editor John Lorne Campbell
Publisher Aberdeen University Press
Publication Date 1990
Page Number 82-84
Online Access
Notes 1 Sister Margaret MacDonell was the source who suggested the composer's name.
Notes 2 John MacRae emigrated around 1774 and this is likely one of the earliest Gaelic songs composed in North America.
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