Identifier Number NS042067
Title Òran na Tèine
Alternative Title
Air Bu ghrannda ’n sealladh e san eilean
First Line Chorus Bu ghrand' an sealleadh e ’san eilean
First Line Verse ’S mithich dhomh-sa tòiseachadh, feuch an dean mi’n t-òran
Classifications Local events and characters , Instructive
Subjects Fire , Ironville , Destruction , Forest
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Lachlann
Composer Last Name MacMhuirich
Composer Patronymic Am Bàrd Ruadh
Composer Dates 1852 - 1926
Composer Gender Male
Community Blacketts Lake , Upper Grand Mira
County Cape Breton
Era Of Poetry
Original Format Sound Recording
Singer Michael MacMullin
Singer Location Sydney
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 2 , Track 5
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Online Access https://www.mun.ca/folklore/leach/songs/CB/2-05.htm
Notes 1 The song talks about a forest fire in Ironville in central Cape Breton.
Notes 2 Fear na Ceilidh, vol. 1, no. 7, p. 54
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