| Identifier Number | NS020007 |
| Title | Òran Spòirs |
| Alternative Title | A Teasing Song |
| Air | ’Si seo’n aimsir an dearbhar |
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| First Line Verse | Tha an tàillear, an t-àrmunn |
| Classifications | Humorous , Local events and characters , Love |
| Subjects | Courtship |
| Structure | Eight 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 | 90 |
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| Notes 1 | According to her obituary in The Casket, Allan’s mother Mary died on 31 May 1860, at 97 years of age. She survived her husband Alasdair Ruadh by about thirty years and this prolonged widowhood may have inspired her son’s teasing. The character in the song is the supposed suitor of the poet’s widowed mother. |
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