Identifier NumberNS030022
TitleOran do Mhaighistear Allasdair [Alasdair] Domhnullach
Alternative Title
Air
First Line Chorus
First Line VerseGum bu slan, 's gum bu h-iomlaine
ClassificationsElegy , Lament
SubjectsMan
StructureEight line verse
Place Of OriginNova Scotia
Composer First NameAlexander
Composer Last NameMcLean
Composer PatronymicAlasdair Mac Eoghainn Bhain
Composer Dates
Composer GenderMale
CommunityJudique Intervale , Mabou
CountyInverness County
Era Of Poetry
Original FormatPublication
Singer
Singer Location
Date Recorded
CollectorVincent A. McLellan
Collection Title
Collection Location
Collection Number
Publication TitleFàilte Cheap Breatainn
EditorVincent A. McLellan
Publisher
Publication Date1891 (1933)
Page Number41
Online Access
Notes 1Oran do Mhaighistear Alasdair Domhnullach. A chaochal ann am Mabou
Notes 2Alexander MacLean was born at Big River, Pictou County but his family moved to Cape Breton when he was two years old. He composed a number of songs, many of which have been lost since there was no written record of them. He died at Judique Intervale at over eighty years of age.
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