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Tha sgeul bròn air tighinn air m' aire

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Àite tùsail | Place of origin

Alba Nuadh | Nova Scotia

Seòrsa | Genre

Òran | Song

Fo-sheòrsachan | Sub-genres

Lament

Cuspairean | Subjects

Death

Bàrd | Composer

Ailean MacDhòmhnaill | Allan MacDonald

Sloinneadh a’ Bhàird | Composer Patronymic

Ailean an Ridge , Ailean 'ic Alasdair 'ic Aonghais 'ic Alasdair Bhàin

Cinn-Latha a’ Bhàird | Composer Dates

1794 - 1868

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

Mabou , Upper South River (Inverness , Antigonish)

Dualchas a' Bhàird | Composer's Tradition

Loch Abar | Lochaber

Ceann-latha claraidh | Date recorded

1979-02-22

Àireamh an teip | Tape No

194 A 03

Àireamh aithneachaidh | Reference number

GF194i03

A’ chiad sreath | First Line

Séist | Chorus

Tha sgeul bròn air tighinn air m' aire

Rann | Verse

Chan eil h-aon a chunnaic riamh thu

Notes (fieldnotes):
Further verses, from fieldnotes: An deise mhór, an deise pleatadh anns an fhasan Ghàidhealach; Gur mór am bristeadh a bh' air cloinn Dòmhnaich, Fear dh' ar seòid 'gar fàgail.

Reference sources:
Às a' Bhràighe, Effie Rankin (2005), p.108

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Tha sgeul bròn air tighinn air m' aire

A’ chiad sreath | First Line

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