Identifier Number |
NS022006 |
Title |
Oran America |
Alternative Title |
Song to America |
Air |
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First Line Chorus |
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First Line Verse |
Dean cadalan samhach a chuilean mo ruin |
Classifications |
Lullaby , Nature , Praise |
Subjects |
Lullaby , Kintail , America |
Structure |
Four line verse |
Place Of Origin |
United States |
Composer First Name |
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Composer Last Name |
MacRae |
Composer Patronymic |
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Composer Dates |
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Composer Gender |
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Community |
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County |
Kintail , North Carolina |
Era Of Poetry |
c.1760 |
Original Format |
Publication |
Singer |
Hugh F. MacKenzie |
Singer Location |
Rear Christmas Island , Sydney , Cape Breton Co. |
Date Recorded |
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Collector |
Donald A. Fergusson |
Collection Title |
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Collection Location |
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Collection Number |
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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 |
20 |
Online Access |
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Notes 1 |
Mac-Talla I , 12 , 4 |
Notes 2 |
Mactalla nan Tur , p. 53 |
Notes 3 |
This song is often attributed to Iain Mac Mhurchaidh, the Bard of Kintail, but Hugh F. Mac Kenzie attributed it to a Mac Rae woman who emigrated from Kintail to North Carolina. Further discussion can be found in Newton, We're Indians Sure Enough (2001). |
Notes 4 |
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