Identifier Number |
NS049018 |
Title |
Òran a' Bhotail |
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First Line Verse |
Is nuair a shuidheas sinn socair |
Classifications |
Drinking , Humorous |
Subjects |
Praise , Merriment , Bottle |
Structure |
Four line verse |
Place Of Origin |
Scotland |
Composer First Name |
Duncan |
Composer Last Name |
MacIntyre |
Composer Patronymic |
Donnchadh Bàn Mac an t-Saoir |
Composer Dates |
1724 - 1812 |
Composer Gender |
Male |
Community |
Argyll |
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Original Format |
Sound Recording |
Singer |
Angus MacDonald |
Singer Location |
Upper South River |
Date Recorded |
26 May 1953 |
Collector |
John Lorne Campbell |
Collection Title |
Tobar an Dualchais |
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Online Access |
https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/50076?l=en |
Notes 1 |
In this song the bard praises whisky and he gives an outline of things that happen if you drink it. He says that it will help you to sing, that you will be lifted in your spirits but that it may also give you a headache. |
Notes 2 |
See: The Songs of Duncan Ban MacIntyre, ed. Hugh Angus MacLeod (1978), p. 306. |
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