| Identifier Number | NS020011 |
| Title | Cumha do Shandaidh Bàn |
| Alternative Title | Lament for Sandy Bàn |
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| First Line Verse | Tha sgeul truagh as cruaidh ri aithris |
| Classifications | Lament , Local events and characters , Elegy |
| Subjects | Death |
| 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 | 105 |
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| Notes 1 | Allan composed this lament for young Alexander MacDonald, who was drowned around the year 1833, off the coast of Merigomish, Nova Scotia. |
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