Identifier Number NS030022
Title Oran do Mhaighistear Allasdair [Alasdair] Domhnullach
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Gum bu slan, 's gum bu h-iomlaine
Classifications Elegy , Lament
Subjects Man
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Alexander
Composer Last Name McLean
Composer Patronymic Alasdair Mac Eoghainn Bhain
Composer Dates
Composer Gender Male
Community Judique Intervale , 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 41
Online Access
Notes 1 Oran do Mhaighistear Alasdair Domhnullach. A chaochal ann am Mabou
Notes 2 Alexander MacLean was born at Big River, Pictou County but his family moved to Cape Breton when he was two years old. He composed a number of songs, many of which have been lost since there was no written record of them. He died at Judique Intervale at over eighty years of age.
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