Identifier Number NS023569
Title Och! Och! Mar Tha Mi
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First Line Chorus Och! och! mar tha mi ’s mi ’nam aonar
First Line Verse Neo-bhinn an fhuaim leam a dhùisg á m’ shuain mi
Classifications Complaint , Exile , Lament
Subjects Man , English , Shepherds , Land Reform
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Scotland
Composer First Name Iain
Composer Last Name Mac Lachluinn
Composer Patronymic Dotair Mac Lachluinn
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Composer Gender Male
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Collection Number Vol. 6. No. 36
Publication Title Mac-Talla
Editor Jonathan G. MacKinnon
Publisher Jonathan G. MacKinnon
Publication Date 4 March 1898
Page Number 8
Online Access https://dasg.ac.uk/LIL/mactalla/6/36/8
Notes 1 There was no author affixed to this poem. However an informant in a following issue made the correction. "’Se ’n clo-bhuladair a rinn am mearachd air am bheil an duanag so a cur sios. Bha oran leis an Dotair Mac Lachuinn air an aon taobh dhe’n phaipeir, “Och mar tha mi,” agus ’s ann a chionn bu chòir na facail “Leis an Dotair Mac Lachunn” a bhi air an cur." (Mac-Talla, Vol. 6. No. 39. Page. 8.)
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