Identifier Number NS048022
Title An Gille Donn
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First Line Chorus Hao ri horo 'ille dhuinn
First Line Verse Ille Dhuinn a' chùil dualaich
Classifications Love , Lament
Subjects man , death , soldier , the Napoleonic Wars
Structure Two line verse / Three line chorus
Place Of Origin Scotland
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Community Dunvegan , Scotland
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Original Format Sound Recording
Singer Malcolm Angus MacLeod
Singer Location Skir Dhu
Date Recorded 1955
Collector Sidney Robertson Cowell
Collection Title Sidney Robertson Cowell Cape Breton Collection
Collection Location Highland Village , Iona
Collection Number CD 2 , Track 27
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Notes 1 The song begins as a love song but ends with lyrics similar to the war song "An Gille Donn".
Notes 2 Cf. Gaelic Songs in Nova Scotia, p. 68 , Brìgh an Òrain, p. 229
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