Identifier Number NS016057
Title Òran Air Blàr Inbhir Lochaidh
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus Na hì ri ri hó hò
First Line Verse O, gur mi a th' air mo leònadh
Classifications Lament , Political
Subjects Battle , Inverlochy , Slaughter
Structure Woven / Split chorus
Place Of Origin Scotland
Composer First Name
Composer Last Name
Composer Patronymic A Campbell Woman
Composer Dates
Composer Gender
Community
County
Era Of Poetry c. 1645
Original Format Publication
Singer Angus 'the Ridge' MacDonald
Singer Location Upper South River (Lochaber tradition)
Date Recorded Oct-37
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 245-247
Online Access https://www.mun.ca/folklore/leach/songs/CB/15-03.htm
Notes 1 In this version, each line is repeated with the addition of a vocable refrain. However, in MacEdward Leach’s recording of Angus 'The Ridge' singing this song, the lines are not repeated but woven in couplets.
Notes 2 The tune is recitative.
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