Identifier Number NS016003
Title C’àit' An Diugh A Bheil Mo Dhìlsean?
Alternative Title
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
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
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 85-87
Online Access
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.
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