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Song beginning 'Chuirinn na Fir air fairle dhut', c1892

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW122/101
Scope and Contents

Song beginning 'Chuirinn na Fir air fairle dhut, S aisir/Air aisig Inis Fhail.' The song is composed of ten lines arranged in five couplets. The accompanying notes states 'A daughter of Maclean of Coll composed a beautiful song on this air to a young man of Benbecula [Beinn na Faoghla].' The text has been scored through in pencil and bears some pencil annotations.

Dates: c1892
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

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  • Subject: Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland X