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 |
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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 |
145 |
Online Access |
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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. |
Notes 3 |
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Notes 4 |
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