Identifier Number NS034110
Title Mòladh Eich Ghlàis
Alternative Title
Air ’So ’n aimsir ’s an dearbhar
First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Aig Aonghas mac Sheumais
Classifications Praise , Local events and characters
Subjects Grey Bill , Horse
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Alasdair
Composer Last Name MacGilleain Sinclair
Composer Patronymic
Composer Dates 1840 - 1924
Composer Gender Male
Community Glen Bard , Belfast , P.E.I.
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 341
Online Access https://dasg.ac.uk/corpus/textmeta.php?text=222&uT=y
Notes 1 "This song was composed by the Editor of this work, when a youth going to college. It was written for amusement and as a means of thanking the owner of the horse for having kindly given him to the writer to go from Lochaber to Sherbrooke, a distance of about twenty-four miles. It was published in the Antigonish Casket in April 1862. “Grey Bill” belonged to Angus Stewart, Lochaber, Antigonish, and was really an excellent horse."
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