Identifier Number NS016016
Title Ailein Duinn, An Till Thu ’n Tùbh-Sa?
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Air
First Line Chorus O ho hi ri i riu o
First Line Verse Ailein duinn, an till thu 'n tùbh-sa?
Classifications Work , Milling , Love
Subjects Love , Man
Structure Two line verse / Three line chorus
Place Of Origin Scotland
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Original Format Publication
Singer Catherine 'Katie' Patterson (née MacNeil)
Singer Location Benacadie (Barra tradition)
Date Recorded 14-10-1937
Collector John Lorne Campbell
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Collection Location Canna House / School of Scottish Studies
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Publication Title Songs Remembered in Exile
Editor John Lorne Campbell
Publisher Aberdeen University Press
Publication Date 1990
Page Number 126
Online Access
Notes 1 Mrs. Patterson: 'Catrìona nighean Ailein Chaluim Pìobaire' (1872-1964). Listen to tracks by her under person ID 5441 on Tobar an Dualchis. There is a bio on the website for the MacEdward Leach Collection: https://www.mun.ca/folklore/leach/singers/dpatterson.htm
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