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Chì Mi Aran air an Altair

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Date c. 1958
Track ID 99098
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

CannaOT.XXI

Original Tape ID

CannaTape.0050

Summary

This hymn was sung at the Offertory of the Mass and begins:

I see bread on the altar
And wine in the chalice;
They will be transformed later
Into the true Body and Blood of Christ.

Item Notes

Composed by Fr Allan MacDonald, to a traditional Hebridean air.

See:
'Iùl a' Chrìosdaidh' (1963) p. 115
'Eilein na h-Òige' (R. Black ed., 2002) p. 94
'Seinnibh dhan Tighearna' (1986) no. 37

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Village/Place - Bornish

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Song

Collection

Canna

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good