“Oran Do Cheap Breatainn (Cape Breton is the Land of My Love)”

Description

Gaelic. Now I live in the mountains but I am singing about "the land of the glens": birds, cows, thoughts of winter "the time for weddings and milling frolics" and people I knew in my youth who have died.

Notes

The description is based on the translation of Creighton/MacLeod 17 in _Gaelic Songs in Nova Scotia_. - BS

Recordings

  • John Ranny McReigen, "Oran Do Cheap Breatainn" (on MRHCreighton)

References

  1. Creighton-Maritime, pp. 184-185, "Oran Do Cheap Breatainn" (1 text, 1 tune)
  2. BI, CrMa184

About

Author: Dan Alex McDonald (per MRHCreighton)
Earliest date: 1956 (Creighton-Maritime)
Found in: Canada(Mar)