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Thread #10577 Message #119630
Posted By: George Seto - af221@chebucto.ns.ca
30-Sep-99 - 11:57 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Fhir a Bhata/Fear A Bhata (Scots Gaelic)
Subject: RE: Lyric request: Fear a Bhata (gaelic)
The Scottish Gaelic tradition has it, that "The Boatman", was written by Jane Finlayson, of Tong, Isle of Lewis, about Donald MacRae of Uig. The song is from the the latter part of the 18th century. She later married him.