Identifier Number |
NS016057 |
Title |
Òran Air Blàr Inbhir Lochaidh |
Alternative Title |
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Air |
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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 |
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Composer Last Name |
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Composer Patronymic |
A Campbell Woman |
Composer Dates |
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Composer Gender |
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Community |
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County |
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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 |
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Collection Location |
Canna House / School of Scottish Studies |
Collection Number |
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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. |
Notes 3 |
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Notes 4 |
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