Identifier Number NS049004
Title A-chaoidh cha tog mi guth éibhinn
Alternative Title Cumha nam Mac
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First Line Chorus
First Line Verse 'Chaoidh cha tog mi guth éibhinn
Classifications Elegy , Lament
Subjects Sons
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Iain
Composer Last Name Mac'IlleBhràth
Composer Patronymic Iain am Pìobaire
Composer Dates 1774 - 1848
Composer Gender Male
Community Malignant Brook
County Antigonish
Era Of Poetry Pre-1848
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/50212?l=en
Notes 1 Lament. A father composed this lament on the death of his son, James. James was in England but he died and this left the bard desolate. The bard says that he is sad and that he has no interest in anything after his son's death.
Notes 2 See also: 'The Gaelic Bards of Antigonish', ed. Trueman Matheson (2014), p. 21.
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