| Identifier Number | NS030010 |
| Title | Oran dha n' " Uisge Beatha " |
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| Air | Och nan och mar a tha mi |
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| First Line Verse | So i a bhliadhna chuir as dhomh |
| Classifications | Praise , Complaint |
| Subjects | Whiskey , Temperance |
| Structure | Eight line verse |
| Place Of Origin | Nova Scotia |
| Composer First Name | Donald |
| Composer Last Name | MacLellan |
| Composer Patronymic | Dòmhnall Gobha |
| Composer Dates | 1807 - 1890 |
| Composer Gender | Male |
| Community | Grand Mira |
| County | Cape Breton County |
| Era Of Poetry | |
| Original Format | Publication |
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| Collector | Vincent A. McLellan |
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| Publication Title | Fàilte Cheap Breatainn |
| Editor | Vincent A. McLellan |
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| Publication Date | 1891 (1933) |
| Page Number | 21 |
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| Notes 1 | Donald Gobha was born in Glenelg, Morar, Scotland on April 3rd 1807. He emigrated to Nova Scotia with his father in 1819. They settled at the South West River, Margaree. Donald apprenticed as a blacksmith and learned French. He subsequently settled in Strathlorne, Inverness County, where he raised a large family of five sons and four daughters with his wife Mary MacIsaac. He moved to Grand Mira in 1868 and died there in 1890. |
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