Identifier Number NS042066
Title Òran na Pìoba
Alternative Title
Air Horo Mo Nighean Donn Bhòidheach
First Line Chorus Ho ro mo nighean donn bhòidheach
First Line Verse 'S an cuala sibh phìob stoilis 
Classifications Local events and characters , Humorous
Subjects Bagpipes , Drone , Neighbour , Repair
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Norman
Composer Last Name MacDonald
Composer Patronymic an t-Urr. Tormod Dòmhnullach
Composer Dates 1904 - 1978
Composer Gender Male
Community Isle of Skye , Scotland , Catalone
County Cape Breton
Era Of Poetry
Original Format Sound Recording
Singer Malcolm Angus MacLeod
Singer Location Skir Dhu
Date Recorded c. 1950
Collector MacEdward Leach
Collection Title MacEdward Leach and the Songs of Atlantic Canada
Collection Location Memorial University of Newfoundland
Collection Number CB 1 , Tape 8 , Track 4
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Online Access https://www.mun.ca/folklore/leach/songs/CB/8-04.htm
Notes 1 This songs concerns an "incident in which the composer’s grandson’s drone on his bagpipe got broken and was “mended” by a neighbor. The neighbor so botched up the job that you could not play a note on the pipes afterwards."
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