Identifier Number NS0231235
Title Cumha
Alternative Title
Air Of a’ the airts the wind can blaw
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse A shaoghail, ’s cruaidh leam bhuin do ghruaim
Classifications Elegy , Love , Religious
Subjects Màiri Nic Gilleain
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Alasdair
Composer Last Name Dòmhnallach
Composer Patronymic
Composer Dates b. 1820
Composer Gender Male
Community Glenuig , Moidart , Mèinn Cnoc-an-Fhuarain
County
Era Of Poetry c. 1880
Original Format Publication
Singer
Singer Location
Date Recorded
Collector
Collection Title
Collection Location
Collection Number Vol. 12. No. 11
Publication Title Mac-Talla
Editor Jonathan G. MacKinnon
Publisher Jonathan G. MacKinnon
Publication Date 27 November 1903
Page Number 8
Online Access https://dasg.ac.uk/LIL/mactalla/12/11/8
Notes 1 Sent to Mac-Talla by "Gleann-a-Bhaird".
Notes 2 "Rugadh Alasdair Dòmhnallach, Alasdair Ailein Mhóir, an Gleann-Uig am Mùideart ’sa bhliadhna 1820. Tha e a fuireach an dràsd aig Mèinn Cnoc-an-Fhuarain. Co fad agus is aithne dhòmhsa is e bard Gàidhlig a’s fearr a tha ’n diugh an America."
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