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 |
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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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