Identifier Number NS022002
Title A Null Thar Nan Eileanan
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus A null thar nan eileanan dh’ America gu'n teid sinn
First Line Verse ’S e sud am port a bh'againne dol seachad air Duneideann
Classifications Exile , Port-à-beul
Subjects Emigration , Bagpipes
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Scotland
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Original Format Publication
Singer Mae Cameron
Singer Location Sydney , Cape Breton Co.
Date Recorded
Collector Donald A. Fergusson
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Publication Title Fad air Falbh às Innse Gall/Beyond the Hebrides
Editor Donald A. Fergusson
Publisher Lawson Graphics Atlantic
Publication Date 1977
Page Number 12
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Notes 1 A song sung to the same reel tune noted by Boswell and Johnson during their 1773 tour of the Hebrides. The reel accompanied a dance called 'America' which told the story of emigration to the New World.
Notes 2 The tune of this reel can be found in the Athol Collection, p. 10
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