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Òran a' Chnatain

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Àite tùsail | Place of origin

Alba Nuadh | Nova Scotia

Seòrsa | Genre

Òran | Song

Fo-sheòrsachan | Sub-genres

Complaint Satire

Cuspairean | Subjects

Common Cold Illness Man

Bàrd | Composer

Iain MacDhòmhnuill | John MacDonald

Sloinneadh a’ Bhàird | Composer Patronymic

Iain mac Dhòmhnuill 'ic Iain , Iain Sealgair

Cinn-Latha a’ Bhàird | Composer Dates

1795 - 1853

Àite Thusail a’ Bhàird | Composer’s Place of Origin

Lochabar/Mabou (Inverness)

Dualchas a' Bhàird | Composer's Tradition

Loch Abar | Lochaber

Ceann-latha claraidh | Date recorded

1978-05-08

Àireamh an teip | Tape No

76 A 07

Àireamh aithneachaidh | Reference number

GF076i07N

A’ chiad sreath | First Line

Rann | Verse

Mìle marbhaisg do 'n chnatan

Reference sources:
Fàilte Cheap Breatainn, ed. Vincent A. MacLellan (1891), p. 85; Angus Stephen Beaton MSS (PB 1633 U5), Celtic Collection, St. Francis Xavier University, p. 22

Alexander Beaton

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Òran a' Chnatain

A’ chiad sreath | First Line

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