Identifier Number NS049005
Title Hóireann ó 's na bheil air m' aire
Alternative Title O horo 's na bheil air m'aire
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First Line Chorus Hóireann ó 's na bheil air m' aire
First Line Verse Nuair a bha 'ad…
Classifications Exile
Subjects Immigrant , Settler
Structure Four line verse / Four line chorus
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
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Singer John Shaw
Singer Location Indian Brook
Date Recorded 25 August 1988
Collector John Shaw
Collection Title Tobar an Dualchais
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Online Access https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/103738?l=en
Notes 1 A song probably used for waulking, which seems to have been composed after the emigrants settled in Cape Breton. It tells why they came, and how difficult it was to cope with a situation very different from what they had left. The composer still misses the girl he loved.
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