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'Nam Amadan, 'Nam Amadan

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Àite tùsail | Place of origin

Alba | Scotland

Seòrsa | Genre

Òran | Song

Fo-sheòrsachan | Sub-genres

Port á beul

Cuspairean | Subjects

Fool

Ceann-latha claraidh | Date recorded

1978-11-24

Àireamh an teip | Tape No

149 A 35

Àireamh aithneachaidh | Reference number

GF149i34b

A’ chiad sreath | First Line

Séist | Chorus

'Nam amadan, 'nam amadan a bha mi riamh

Rann | Verse

A-nochd an oidhch' as [aighearaich? fhaidhrich?] a bha mi riamh

Reference sources:
Eilean Fraoich: Lewis Gaelic Songs and Melodies, Comunn Gàidhealach Leòdhais (1982), p. 93; Keith Norman MacDonald's Puirt-à-beul: The Vocal Dance Music of the Scottish Gaels, ed. William Lamb (2012), p. 72

Joe Neil MacNeil

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'Nam Amadan, 'Nam Amadan

A’ chiad sreath | First Line

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