Identifier Number NS022025
Title Cumha Cheap Breatuinn
Alternative Title
Air Thug mi gaol do'n fhear bhan
First Line Chorus Chi mi bhuam, fada bhuam
First Line Verse Chi mi Creiginis nan craobh
Classifications Praise , Lament , Local events and characters
Subjects Cape Breton , Creignish , Judique , Mabou
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Alexander
Composer Last Name MacDonald
Composer Patronymic Alasdair Ailein an Rids , Alasdair a' Mhaim
Composer Dates 1823 - 1904
Composer Gender Male
Community Mabou , Upper South River
County Inverness / Antigonish
Era Of Poetry c. 1847
Original Format Publication
Singer Ross MacDonold
Singer Location Sydney Forks , Cape Breton Co.
Date Recorded
Collector Donald A. Fergusson
Collection Title
Collection Location
Collection Number
Publication Title Fad air Falbh às Innse Gall/Beyond the Hebrides
Editor Donald A. Fergusson
Publisher Lawson Graphics Atlantic
Publication Date 1977
Page Number 58
Online Access
Notes 1 Mac-Talla , IX , p. 144
Notes 2 Mabou Pioneers , pp. 535-36
Notes 3 Casket
Notes 4
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