Cumha do Dhòmhnall MacFhionghuin

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Àite tùsail | Place of origin

Alba Nuadh | Nova Scotia

Seòrsa | Genre

Fo-sheòrsachan | Sub-genres

Lament

Cuspairean | Subjects

Death War World War II

Bàrd | Composer

Sloinneadh a’ Bhàird | Composer Patronymic

Nìall Mór Mhìcheil Nìll `ic Iain Mhóir , Big Neil MacNeil

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

Highland Hill (Victoria)

Ceann-latha claraidh | Date recorded

1980-02-02

Àireamh an teip | Tape No

249 A 03

Àireamh aithneachaidh | Reference number

GF249i03

A’ chiad sreath | First Line

Séist | Chorus

O hi rithill a bha hò

Rann | Verse

Chuala sinn sgeul an-diugh bha bochd

Notes (fieldnotes):
Lament for Donald MacKinnon | Dòmhnall mac Ruairidh Lùsaidh from MacKinnon's Harbour, killed in action in France in WWII.

Reference sources:
An Rubha, vol. 11 no. 2 (2009), p. 18

Kenneth Matheson

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