| Identifier Number | NS049035 |
| Title | A Mhàiri bhòidheach 's a Mhàiri ghaolach |
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| First Line Chorus | A Mhàiri bhòidheach 's a Mhàiri ghaolach |
| First Line Verse | A Mhàiri bhòidheach gur mòr mo ghaol ort |
| Classifications | Love |
| Subjects | Woman |
| Structure | Four line verse / Four line chorus |
| Place Of Origin | Scotland |
| Composer First Name | Alexander |
| Composer Last Name | Stewart |
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| Composer Dates | 1764-1821 |
| Composer Gender | Male |
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| County | North Uist |
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| Original Format | Sound Recording |
| Singer | Murdock Dan MacLean and John Shaw |
| Singer Location | Tarbot , 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/103780?l=en |
| Notes 1 | A man's love song for a beautiful girl called Mary. He is sad as he knows that they cannot be together. |
| Notes 2 | This song was composed by Alexander Stewart, who was at one time a schoolmaster in North Uist. He composed it for Miss Maria MacQueen, daughter of the Rev. Allan MacQueen, a minister in North Uist. |
| Notes 3 | See: A' Chòisir-chiùil: The St. Columba Collection of Gaelic Songs, p. 85; The Uist Collection: The Poems and Songs of John MacCodrum, Archibald MacDonald, and some of the minor Uist bards, ed. Rev. A. MacDonald (1894), p. 216; Sàr Obair nam Bàrd Gaelach, ed. J. MacKenzie (1907), p. 414. |
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