Identifier Number NS049003
Title Òran Iain a' Phìobaire
Alternative Title Cumha Bràthar
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First Line Chorus
First Line Verse 'S ann Diciadain am feasgar
Classifications Elegy , Lament
Subjects Brother , Seumus Mac'Illebhràith
Structure Six line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Iain
Composer Last Name Mac'IlleBhràth
Composer Patronymic Iain mac Iain am Pìobaire
Composer Dates c. 1784 - 1862
Composer Gender Male
Community Arisaig , Highfield , Antigonish
County Antigonish
Era Of Poetry
Original Format Sound Recording
Singer Angus MacIsaac
Singer Location Antigonish
Date Recorded 27 May 1953
Collector John Lorne Campbell
Collection Title Tobar an Dualchais
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Online Access https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/50210?l=en
Notes 1 A lament with some information about the bard and the subject of the song. The song is a lament for James MacGillivray, the brother of the bard. The bard praises his late brother and he is sad that he had died in England. He hopes that they will meet again and that they will play music together at the seat of God's glory.
Notes 2 Local composition.
Notes 3 See: Bardachd a Albainn Nuaidh, ed. Calum Macleod (1970), p. 42-43.
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