Identifier Number NS022068
Title Di-Luain Nuair Rinn Mi Toiseachadh
Alternative Title The Wheel is My Ruination
Air Tha buaidh air an uisge bheatha
First Line Chorus 'S e cuidhle mo dhunaidh i
First Line Verse Di-Luain nuair rinn mi toiseachadh
Classifications Humorous , Local events and characters
Subjects Labour , Pump , Victoria Mines
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Samuel
Composer Last Name Beaton
Composer Patronymic Somhairle Alasdair?
Composer Dates 1834 - 1913
Composer Gender Male
Community Skye Glen / Victoria Mines
County Inverness
Era Of Poetry c.1887
Original Format Publication
Singer Hector MacCormick
Singer Location Framboise , Richmond 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 145
Online Access
Notes 1 Mac-Talla , VII , p. 328
Notes 2 Notes for this song state that the poet was from Broad Cove but it is likely that he was from Skye Glen and spent time working in the mines at Broad Cove.
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