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Òran a' Mhathain

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Àite tùsail | Place of origin

Alba Nuadh | Nova Scotia

Seòrsa | Genre

Òran | Song

Fo-sheòrsachan | Sub-genres

Humorous Local Events and Characters

Cuspairean | Subjects

Bear Community Member Doctor Wound

Ceann-latha claraidh | Date recorded

1981-06-05

Àireamh an teip | Tape No

323 A 03

Àireamh aithneachaidh | Reference number

GF323i03

A’ chiad sreath | First Line

Séist | Chorus

Ó mo Mhàiri laghach, 's tu mo Mhàiri ghrinn

Rann | Verse

[...?] tha mi beò 'sa chùil

Team notes:
Elizabeth MacNeil learned this song from her grandmother, Flora MacDonald, from Antigonish County, Nova Scotia. Cf. "Òran a' Mhathain / The Bear Song," Cape Breton's Magazine, no. 74 (June 1999), p. 83

Elizabeth MacNeil

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Òran a' Mhathain

A’ chiad sreath | First Line

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