| Identifier Number | NS020002 |
| Title | Tighinn do dh' America |
| Alternative Title | Coming to America |
| Air | Sàil Beinn Mhic Duibhe |
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| First Line Verse | Mi an toiseach na luinge |
| Classifications | Homeland , Local events and characters , Exile |
| Subjects | Emigration , Community , Friendship |
| Structure | Three line verse |
| Place Of Origin | Nova Scotia |
| Composer First Name | Allan |
| Composer Last Name | MacDonald |
| Composer Patronymic | Ailean an Ridge , Ailean 'ic Alasdair 'ic Aonghais 'ic Alasdair Bhàin |
| Composer Dates | 1794 - 1868 |
| Composer Gender | Male |
| Community | Upper South River / Bohuntin |
| County | Antigonish / Lochaber |
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| Original Format | Publication |
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| Publication Title | Às a' Bhràighe |
| Editor | Effie Rankin |
| Publisher | Cape Breton University Press |
| Publication Date | 2005 |
| Page Number | 74 |
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| Notes 1 | Allan’s cousin, John the Hunter, also recorded his impressions of the Atlantic crossing in a similar poem, found in Angus Stephen Beaton Manuscript p. 27. |
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