Identifier Number |
NS016003 |
Title |
C’àit' An Diugh A Bheil Mo Dhìlsean? |
Alternative Title |
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Air |
Tha mo bhreacan-sa fo’n dìle |
First Line Chorus |
C'àit an diu a bheil mo dhìlsean? |
First Line Verse |
Thug mi ruaig an raoir am bruadar |
Classifications |
Lament |
Subjects |
Community , Decline |
Structure |
Two line verse / Three line chorus |
Place Of Origin |
Nova Scotia |
Composer First Name |
Calum |
Composer Last Name |
Campbell |
Composer Patronymic |
Rev. Calum Campbell |
Composer Dates |
1845 - 19[?] |
Composer Gender |
Male |
Community |
Middle River |
County |
Cape Breton |
Era Of Poetry |
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Original Format |
Publication |
Singer |
Neil MacKinnon |
Singer Location |
Ainslie Glen (Isle of Muck tradition) |
Date Recorded |
10-09-1937 |
Collector |
John Lorne Campbell |
Collection Title |
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Collection Location |
Canna House / School of Scottish Studies |
Collection Number |
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Publication Title |
Songs Remembered in Exile |
Editor |
John Lorne Campbell |
Publisher |
Aberdeen University Press |
Publication Date |
1990 |
Page Number |
85-87 |
Online Access |
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Notes 1 |
Words communicated by Mgr P. J. Nicholson. |
Notes 2 |
Song focuses on the effects on a Cape Breton community of emigration to Boston and western Canada. |
Notes 3 |
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Notes 4 |
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