'S Àlainn an t-Àite
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
20 November 1937
Track ID
40723
Part 1
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Track Information
Original Track ID
CDC.1.1
Original Tape ID
box_01_D05-A
Summary
The composer of this song praises the place in which he is going to be living. He says that he will farm with the plough and make bread there. He then says that he will have a dram and a frolic at Christmas time. The song praises the place's beauty and mentions the salmon in the river.
Item Notes
This recording is a copy of the original which was recorded on wax cylinder using a clockwork Ediphone recorder.
Eight quatrains sung. Written by Michael MacDonald, a Scottish emigrant who left Prince Edward Island for Judique, Cape Breton, in the late 19th century.
Non Scottish Recording Location
Upper South River, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
Non Scottish Item Location
Cape Breton, Canada
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Song
Collection
Canna