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keberoxu	Binneas nam Bard/Bardic Melody (13)	Bas Dhiarmaid o Duimhne / the Death of Diarmuid	05 Jun 17
The very first piece in Malcolm MacFarlane's collection is the ballad "Bàs Dhiarmaid o Duimhne," the death of Diarmuid. It has a total of 102 verses. The melody is printed on page 1, including the first two lines of the first quatrain, arranged under the tune along with the "seis" or chorus. That this poetic work is well established, is attested to by Nigel MacNeill in his The Literature of the Highlanders: A History of Gaelic Literature from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. (Inverness, 1892) MacNeill's English translation of "Bàs Dhiarmaid o Duimhne" can be found in Chapter V, "Ancient Ballads."

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