Identifier Number NS041058
Title Òran Do Alasdair Mac Colla
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First Line Chorus Chall éileadh o hì, chall o horò
First Line Verse Alasdair Mhic, ò hò
Classifications Praise , Milling
Subjects Alexander MacDonald , Alasdair Mac Colla Chiotaich
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Scotland
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Era Of Poetry
Original Format Publication
Singer Jim Hugh MacNeil
Singer Location Sydney
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 180
Online Access
Notes 1 Original Tape #216
Notes 2 Singer on recording at Nova Scotia Archives is actually Calum I. MacLeod
Notes 3 "From the late Jim Hughie MacNeil, Yendys Street, Sydney, Cape Breton (his unpublished MS.). In the Gaelic text, the second couplet of each quatrain is repeated. One of the most complete versions of the song appears in "The MacDonald Collection of Gaelic Poetry," p. 40-42. Compare also, "Bàrdachd Ghàidhlig," p. 212-13.""
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