Identifier Number NS049020
Title A' Choille Ghruamach
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Air Coire Cheathaich
First Line Chorus
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
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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