Identifier Number NS041055
Title Òran Do’n Mhosgaid
Alternative Title Òran do'n Mhusgaid
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First Line Chorus Hillò ro, hill ò ro, Hill ò ro, hug éile
First Line Verse "Tha'n oidhche nochd fliuch, fuar, 'S mi ri uallach mo chéile
Classifications Humorous , Dialogue
Subjects Soldier , Musket
Structure Eight line verse / Eight line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
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Original Format Publication
Singer Hugh F. MacKenzie
Singer Location Grand Narrows
Date Recorded 1961
Collector Helen Creighton
Collection Title Helen Creighton fonds
Collection Location Nova Scotia Archives
Collection Number AR 5991
Publication Title Gaelic Songs in Nova Scotia
Editor Helen Creighton and Calum MacLeod
Publisher National Museums of Canada
Publication Date 1964
Page Number 170
Online Access
Notes 1 Original Tape #216
Notes 2 Singer on recording at Nova Scotia Archives is actually Calum I. MacLeod. For a recording of Mrs. Hugh F. MacKenzie see Cluais ri Claisneachd , University of Glasgow https://dasg.ac.uk/audio/view/s/crc/GU_CIN_MacLeod_03
Notes 3 "A fairly similar version was published in "The Casket," Gaelic Column by Dr. P. J. Nicholson, Antigonish, N.S. See version in the "Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness," Vol. 8, 1878-9, p. 116-17.
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