Call a' Chupa

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Àite tùsail | Place of origin

Alba Nuadh | Nova Scotia

Seòrsa | Genre

Fo-sheòrsachan | Sub-genres

Local Events and Characters

Cuspairean | Subjects

Milling Cloth Trophy

Bàrd | Composer

Sloinneadh a’ Bhàird | Composer Patronymic

Eóghann mac Eàirdsidh Sheumais , Eóghann Eàirdsidh Sheumais Dhòmhnaill 'ic Eachainn

Cinn-Latha a’ Bhàird | Composer Dates

1895 - 1971

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

Rear Christmas Island (Cape Breton)

Dualchas a' Bhàird | Composer's Tradition

Barraigh | Barra

Ceann-latha claraidh | Date recorded

1980-01-31

Àireamh an teip | Tape No

247 A 06

Àireamh aithneachaidh | Reference number

GF247i06N

A’ chiad sreath | First Line

Séist | Chorus

Cùpan ùr, bòidheach ùr

Rann | Verse

'S truagh nach mise dh'fhuirich thall

Reference sources:
Mar a b' àbhaist 's a' Ghleann, eds. Rod C. MacNeil and Kim Ells (2012), p. 12

Team notes:
For an interview with John Rory MacNeil by Seamus Watson, see An Rubha, vol. 11, no. 2, p. 20

John Rory MacNeil

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