Identifier Number |
NS049020 |
Title |
A' Choille Ghruamach |
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Air |
Coire Cheathaich |
First Line Chorus |
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First Line Verse |
Gu bheil mi 'm ònrachd sa choille ghruamaich |
Classifications |
Complaint |
Subjects |
Emigrant , Forest |
Structure |
Eight line verse |
Place Of Origin |
Nova Scotia |
Composer First Name |
John |
Composer Last Name |
MacLean |
Composer Patronymic |
Iain Ailein , Bàrd Thighearna Cholla , Am Bàrd MacGilleEathain , Bàrd Amhainn Bhàrnaidh |
Composer Dates |
1787 - 1848 |
Composer Gender |
Male |
Community |
Tiree , James River , Glenbard |
County |
Pictou |
Era Of Poetry |
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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/50079?l=en |
Notes 1 |
In this song the bard tells that he is sad because he is in the gloomy forest and he is so far away from the place where he was raised. It is not easy for him to make a new life in a new country and he is missing what he left behind. People are going to the new country expecting an easier life but he says that they have been deceived. |
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