Identifier Number NS022066
Title Oran Na Mocaisean
Alternative Title
Air Tha fonn gun bhi trom
First Line Chorus Tha fonn, fonn, fonn
First Line Verse Fhuair mi craiceann caorach
Classifications Humorous
Subjects Moccasins
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name
Composer Last Name MacIsaac
Composer Patronymic
Composer Dates
Composer Gender
Community Codroy Valley
County Newfoundland
Era Of Poetry 19th century
Original Format Publication
Singer Jim Charlie MacNeil
Singer Location Sydney , 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 142
Online Access
Notes 1 Hugh F. MacKenzie composed last three verses - Printed in his Gaelic corner in the Highlander paper.
Notes 2 Also collected in Newfoundland
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