Identifier Number NS022040
Title Mairi Lurach
Alternative Title
Air ’N te sin air am bheil mi'n geall
First Line Chorus E ho ro, mo Mhairi lurach
First Line Verse Nuair a chunnaic mi air thus thu
Classifications Lament , Love , Praise
Subjects Courtship , Love , Longing
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Malcolm
Composer Last Name Gillis
Composer Patronymic Calum Mac Gill-Iosa , Calum Eoghain 'ic Aonghais 'ic Caluim 'ic Dhòmhnaill 'ic Dhonnchaidh
Composer Dates 1856 - 1929
Composer Gender Male
Community South West Margaree
County Inverness
Era Of Poetry
Original Format Publication
Singer Christine Gillis , John Neil Gillis
Singer Location Gillisdale , Nova Scotia
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 82
Online Access
Notes 1 Smeorach nan Cnoc 's nan Gleann , pp. 34-35
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