| Identifier Number | NS030011 |
| Title | Failte A Chuairtear Ghaidhealaich |
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| First Line Verse | Failt ort fhein a chairtear runnaich |
| Classifications | Satire |
| Subjects | Dancing Master |
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| Place Of Origin | Nova Scotia |
| Composer First Name | Donald |
| Composer Last Name | MacLellan |
| Composer Patronymic | Dòmhnall Gobha |
| Composer Dates | 1807 - 1890 |
| Composer Gender | Male |
| Community | Grand Mira , Canso Causway |
| County | Cape Breton County , Inverness County |
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| Original Format | Publication |
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| Collector | Vincent A. McLellan |
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| Publication Title | Fàilte Cheap Breatainn |
| Editor | Vincent A. McLellan |
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| Publication Date | 1891 (1933) |
| Page Number | 22 |
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| Notes 1 | At the time this piece was composed there was a dancing school in the neighborhood, upon which the poet, who was then a young man, did not look with much favour. The dancing master roomed every night with him, and was invariably late and cold getting into bed. The poet's rest and temper were thus much disturbed, which accounts for the apparent acerbity of the song. |
| Notes 2 | Donald Gobha was born in Glenelg, Morar, Scotland on April 3rd 1807. He emigrated to Nova Scotia with his father in 1819. They settled at the South West River, Margaree. Donald apprenticed as a blacksmith and learned French. He subsequently settled in Strathlorne, Inverness County, where he raised a large family of five sons and four daughters with his wife Mary MacIsaac. He moved to Grand Mira in 1868 and died there in 1890. |
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