Identifier Number NS016020
Title A Chuachag Nam Beann
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus Ó hao ri hiù
First Line Verse A chuachag nam beann
Classifications Lament , Love
Subjects Step-mother , Step-children , Ill-treatment
Structure Woven / Split chorus
Place Of Origin Scotland
Composer First Name
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Era Of Poetry
Original Format Publication
Singer Catherine 'Katie' Patterson (née MacNeil)
Singer Location Benacadie (Barra tradition)
Date Recorded 04-10-1937
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 140-141
Online Access https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/49380?l=en
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
Notes 2 Recording available on Tobar an Dualchais, track 49380.
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