Identifier Number |
NS025010 |
Title |
Fein-Labhairt An t-Seann Duine |
Alternative Title |
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Air |
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First Line Chorus |
Air faillirinn illirinn uillirinn o ho ro hi |
First Line Verse |
Nuair a bha mi ’nam oige |
Classifications |
Complaint , Lament |
Subjects |
Old Age |
Structure |
One line verse |
Place Of Origin |
Nova Scotia |
Composer First Name |
Malcolm |
Composer Last Name |
Gillis |
Composer Patronymic |
Calum Mac Gill-Iosa , Calum Eoghain 'ic Aonghais 'ic Caluim 'ic Dhòmhnaill 'ic Dhonnchaidh |
Composer Dates |
1856 - 1929 |
Composer Gender |
Male |
Community |
South West Margaree |
County |
Inverness |
Era Of Poetry |
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Original Format |
Publication |
Singer |
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Singer Location |
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Date Recorded |
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Collector |
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Collection Title |
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Collection Location |
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Collection Number |
Vol. 1 , No. 1 |
Publication Title |
Mosgladh |
Editor |
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Publisher |
Scottish Gaelic Society , Sydney, Nova Scotia |
Publication Date |
February 1928 |
Page Number |
6 |
Online Access |
https://novascotia.ca/archives/newspapers/archives.asp?ID=3407&Page=201207655&Language= |
Notes 1 |
"This song won first prize in the contest for original composition at the Glace Bay Mod, 1927." |
Notes 2 |
There is a correction in the following issue of Mosgladh (Vol 1, No. 2 - p. 4) noting that the first line of the seventh stanza was omitted in the original printing; and providing the corrected seventh verse there. |
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