Identifier Number NS041080
Title Nighean Donn A' Chùil Réidh
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus E ho rò, mo nighean donn
First Line Verse ’S e do chòmhradh, a rùin
Classifications Love
Subjects Woman
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Malcolm
Composer Last Name Gillis
Composer Patronymic Calum MacGill-Iosa , Calum Eoghain 'ic Aonghais 'ic Caluim 'ic Dhòmhnaill 'ic Dhonnchaidh
Composer Dates 1856 - 1929
Composer Gender Male
Community South-West Margaree
County Inverness
Era Of Poetry 1887
Original Format Publication
Singer D. B. MacLeod
Singer Location Briton Cove
Date Recorded
Collector Helen Creighton
Collection Title Helen Creighton fonds
Collection Location Nova Scotia Archives
Collection Number Not found
Publication Title Gaelic Songs in Nova Scotia
Editor Helen Creighton and Calum MacLeod
Publisher National Museums of Canada
Publication Date 1964
Page Number 256
Online Access
Notes 1 "In "Leabhar nan Cnoc 's nan Gleann," p. 22-23, this song is published with ten verses, and chorus. In "Am Feachd Gàidhealach," p. 149-53, it appears with seven verses, and chorus, along with the complete background and story concerning "Nighean Donn a' Chùil Réidh," and her progenitors."
Notes 2
Notes 3 See also AR 5846 sung by Hughie Wilson, Glace Bay
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