Identifier NumberNS002024
Title’S e Gillean Mo Rùin
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First Line Chorus’S e gillean mo rùin a thogadh oirnn sunnd
First Line VerseSa mhadainn an-dé 's mi biathachadh na sprèidh
ClassificationsPraise
Subjects sons , soldiers , home
StructureTwo line verse / Three line chorus
Place Of OriginScotland
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SingerHector MacNeil
Singer LocationBenacadie
Date Recorded1968
CollectorMark Johnstone
Collection TitleBeaton Institute Sound and Moving Image Collection
Collection LocationBeaton Institute
Collection NumberT-133 , Side 1 , 00:18:40
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Notes 1The informant says that this songs concerns three sons who went away to war about a thousand years ago and returned home surprising their father while he was feeding the cows in the stable. It is said that the father composed the song for that occasion.
Notes 2Beaton Institute description: Hector MacNeil, Gaelic Songs and Stories
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