A Mhic Iain 'ic Sheumais

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Àite tùsail | Place of origin

Alba | Scotland

Seòrsa | Genre

Fo-sheòrsachan | Sub-genres

Historical Milling

Cuspairean | Subjects

Battle of Carnish Death Feud MacDonald MacLeod War

Ceann-latha claraidh | Date recorded

1978-02-16

Àireamh an teip | Tape No

28 A 02

Àireamh aithneachaidh | Reference number

GF028i02

A’ chiad sreath | First Line

Séist | Chorus

Air fail raithill ò

Rann | Verse

A Mhic Iain 'ic Sheumais , tha do sgeul air m' aire

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GF028i02 A MHIC IAIN 'IC SHEUMAIS

Beulaiche: Steafan Ruairidh Mhìcheil Steafain | Stephen R. MacNeil

A Mhic Iain, 'ic Sheumais
Tha do sgeul air m' aire

Séist: Air fà ràl il ò
Air fà ràl il ò
Hi ò hìri i-bhò hì éileadh
Hi ò hìri i-bhò rò-o hao-o
Chall éileadh ò hìri òho hì o ho

Bha fuil do chuirp uasail,
Air uachdar an fhearainn.

Bha fuil do churip chùbhraidh
A' drùghadh tron anart.

Notes (fieldnotes):
Regional version of air and structure.

Reference sources:
Songs Remembered in Exile, ed. John Lorne Campbell (1990), p. 98; An t-Òranaiche, ed. Archibald Sinclair (1879), p.131

Stephen R. MacNeil

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