Identifier Number NS049048
Title Fàilte Cheap Breatainn
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First Line Chorus
First Line Verse Tha mo chridh' an Ceap Breatainn
Classifications Praise , Homeland , Nature
Subjects Place , Cape Breton , Gaelic
Structure Eight line verse
Place Of Origin Nova Scotia
Composer First Name Archibald Alec
Composer Last Name MacKenzie
Composer Patronymic Gilleasbuig Eairdsidh Sheumais
Composer Dates 1907 - 1995
Composer Gender Male
Community Christmas Island
County Cape Breton
Era Of Poetry
Original Format Sound Recording
Singer Archibald Alec MacKenzie
Singer Location Rear Christmas Island
Date Recorded October-November 1980
Collector Ian Patterson
Collection Title Tobar an Dualchais
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Online Access https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/130306?l=en
Notes 1 A song which praises the beauty of Cape Breton. The bard also asks young people to be loyal to their language.
Notes 2 Composed by the contributor in 1972.
Notes 3 See: History of Christmas Island Parish, A. J. MacKenzie (1984 [1926]), p. 222.
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