Identifier Number NS016034
Title ’S Mise 'N Bhean Bhochd Air Mo Sgaradh
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Air
First Line Chorus Air fair al al é ho
First Line Verse ’S mise'n bhean bhochd air mo sgaradh
Classifications Work , Milling , Lament
Subjects Death , Family , Burial
Structure Woven / Split chorus
Place Of Origin Scotland
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Original Format Publication
Singer Mrs Neil McInnis (née Ann MacDonald) (1860-1947)
Singer Location MacKay's Corner, Glace Bay (Uist and Barra tradition)
Date Recorded 20-10-1937
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 180-181
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Notes 1 "The song like many s of the old waulking songs, was sung with each line after the first sung twice, followed by a different phrase of the refrain."
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