Language in Lyrics

Identifier Number	NS034103
Title	Òran nan Gàidheal
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus	Soraidh bhuam thar chuain air astar
First Line Verse	’S iad na Gàidheil féin na gaisgich
Classifications	Praise , Instructive
Subjects	Gaels , Tartan
Structure	Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin	Nova Scotia
Composer First Name	John
Composer Last Name	MacGillivray
Composer Patronymic	Am Piobaire MacGilliBhràith
Composer Dates	d. 1862
Composer Gender	Male
Community	Moidart , Scotland , Malignant Brook
County	Antigonish
Era Of Poetry
Original Format	Publication
Singer
Singer Location
Date Recorded
Collector	Alexander MacLean Sinclair
Collection Title
Collection Location
Collection Number
Publication Title	Clàrsach na Coille
Editor	Alexander MacLean Sinclair
Publisher	Archibald Sinclair
Publication Date	1881
Page Number	314
Online Access	https://dasg.ac.uk/corpus/textmeta.php?text=222&uT=y
Notes 1	"ORAN NAN GAIDHEAL. Leis a PHIOBAIRE MAC GILLEBHRATH. Air do dh’ fhear de chuid mac diùltadh deise thartain a cheannach."
Notes 2	"John M‘Gillivray was born in Muideart. He was piper to Macdonald of Glenaladail. He lived during the latter part of his life at Malignant Brook, Gulf Shore, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. He kept school for several years. He was a fair Gaelic scholar. He wrote down his poems. His house took fire a few years before his death and his manuscripts perished. He died in the Spring of 1862. He was about 70 years of age."
Notes 3	"John M‘Gillivray was born in Muideart. He was piper to Macdonald of Glenaladail. He lived during the latter part of his life at Malignant Brook, Gulf Shore, Antigonish, Nova Scotia. He kept school for several years. He was a fair Gaelic scholar. He wrote down his poems. His house took fire a few years before his death and his manuscripts perished. He died in the Spring of 1862. He was about 70 years of age."
Notes 4	"I have two of the Piper’s songs in manuscript. I took them down from the recitation of his son, John, in the summer of 1875. They are the following:— “Cumha do dh’ Fhear Ghlinn Alladail.” and “Cumha an déigh bàis triùir mhac da." Two of his songs are in TURNER’S COLLECTION; “Stric mi tionndadh am leaba,” and “Thug mi ’n oidhche ’n raoir ’s an airidh,” the latter being well-known. A hymn by him, “Fulangas an t-Slànuigheir,” will be found in the Appendix to John M‘Lean’s Hymns M‘Gillivray is the piper referred to in the famous Dubh-Ghleannach:— “Dh’ aithnich mi meòir ghrinn a’ Bhràghaich.” He was a good poet. I would like to see every thing he wrote in print."