Identifier Number NS025021
Title A Choille Ghruamach
Alternative Title Oran do dh’ America
Air Coire Cheahaich
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Gu bheil mi ’m onrachd 'sa choille ghruamaich,
Classifications Complaint , Homeland
Subjects Forest , Pioneer , Nature
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name John
Composer Last Name MacLean
Composer Patronymic Iain Ailein , Bàrd Thighearna Chola , Am Bàrd MacGilleEathain , Bàrd Amhainn Bhàrnaidh
Composer Dates 1787 - 1848
Composer Gender Male
Community Tiree , James River , Glenbard
County Pictou , Antigonish
Era Of Poetry c. 1819
Original Format Publication
Singer
Singer Location
Date Recorded
Collector
Collection Title
Collection Location
Collection Number Vol. 1, No. 9
Publication Title Mosgladh
Editor
Publisher Scottish Gaelic Society , Sydney, Nova Scotia
Publication Date October 1928
Page Number 4
Online Access https://novascotia.ca/archives/newspapers/archives.asp?ID=3415&Page=201207717&Language=
Notes 1 A well-known song in the Gàidhealtachd of the new world, Mosgladh printed this by popular demand.
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