Songs from Cape Breton Island

Various Artists FW04450

Country(s) Canada
Keyword(s) Music--Cape Breton; World music
Instrument(s) Bagpipe
Year of Recording 1955
Record Label Folkways Records
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Produced by John P. Hughes ; Produced by Sidney Robertson Cowell ; Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell ; Design by Ronald Clyne

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Play	101	Hé Mo Leannan (Hey, My Darling)	Dan J. Morrison	3:49
Play	102	Mo H-Ingheann Dhonn (My Brown-Haired Maiden)	Malcolm J. MacAulay	3:12
Play	103	La La Lò, La Luadhadh (With Water, With Milling)	Singers from Skir Dhu	3:27
Play	104	An Seòladair Curanta (The Steadfast Mariner)	Singers from Skir Dhu	2:28
Play	105	N Uair Nighidh Tù (When You Wash)	Singers from Skir Dhu	2:19
Play	201	A' Challuinn (New Year's Day)	A girl with her friends recorded at St. Ann's College	2:06
Play	202	Gaol An T-Seòladair (The Sailor's Sweetheart)	Dan J. Morrison	3:00
Play	203	Moladh Na Lanndaidh (In Praise of Islay)	Tom Angus MacDonald	1:11
Play	204	'S A' Righinn Thu Dhe Shogh (Thou Art Princess of Cheer)	Malcolm Angus MacLeod	1:12
Play	205	Mo Run, Mo Nighean Dhonn Bhòidheach (My Love, My Pretty Brown-Haired Girl)	John Alex MacDonald	2:34
Play	206	Lan I De Dh'Ainneadh (She Is Full of Patience)	A group from Briton Cove	2:26
Play	207	Flowers of the Forest	Captain Fraser Holmes	1:37
Play	208	I'll Get a Soldier for a Shilling	Captain Fraser Holmes	0:53

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