Identifier Number NS030006
Title Oran do Bhanais, mar gu b' ann
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Mi air bearradh an fhirich
Classifications Praise
Subjects Wedding
Structure Woven
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Lachuinn
Composer Last Name Domhnullach
Composer Patronymic
Composer Dates
Composer Gender Male
Community Mabou
County Inverness County
Era Of Poetry
Original Format Publication
Singer
Singer Location
Date Recorded
Collector Vincent A. McLellan
Collection Title
Collection Location
Collection Number
Publication Title Fàilte Cheap Breatainn
Editor Vincent A. McLellan
Publisher
Publication Date 1891 (1933)
Page Number 13
Online Access
Notes 1 There was a certain wedding at Cape Mabou to which all the neighbours were invited except Lauchlin McDonald, the pretended author of this song. Lauchlin felt a little annoyed at being thus slighted, and the poet, always fond of a jest, emphasized poor Lauchlin's irritation by the song.
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