Identifier Number NS049002
Title 'S Àlainn an t-Àite
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First Line Verse Ò, 's àlainn an t-àite
Classifications Homeland , Praise
Subjects Judique , Immigration , Farming , Fish , Music
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Michael
Composer Last Name MacDonald
Composer Patronymic Micheal Mór Dòmhnullach
Composer Dates c. 1745 - 1815
Composer Gender Male
Community Judique
County Inverness
Era Of Poetry
Original Format Sound Recording
Singer Angus MacDonald
Singer Location Upper South River
Date Recorded 20 November 1937
Collector John Lorne Campbell
Collection Title Tobar an Dualchais
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Online Access https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/40723?l=en
Notes 1 The composer of this song praises the place in which he is going to be living. He says that he will farm with the plough and make bread there. He then says that he will have a dram and a frolic at Christmas time. The song praises the place's beauty and mentions the salmon in the river.
Notes 2 This recording is a copy of the original which was recorded on wax cylinder using a clockwork Ediphone recorder. Eight quatrains sung. Composed by Michael MacDonald, a Scottish emigrant who left Prince Edward Island for Judique, Cape Breton, in the late 19th century.
Notes 3 See: The Emigrant Experience, ed. Margaret MacDonell (1982), p. 58-61.
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