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Thread #3599   Message #18377
Posted By: Cliff
28-Dec-97 - 09:13 PM
Thread Name: Songs of the Newfoundland Outports-Peacock
Subject: Oran Na Caillich-Gaelic Song from Codroy Valley
I am looking for a song collected from Allan MacArthur of the Codroy Valley (Newfoundland) which is called Oran Na Caillich (Song of the Old Women). It is a Scottish gaelic Milling Song and it appears in one of the three volumes of the book Songs of the Newfoundland Outports. It is also on the LP of the same name which was released by Pigeon Inlet Records. Quite a few Gaelic speaking people emmigrated from Scotland to Cape Breton and eventually to the Codroy Valley region of Newfoundland. Alan was one of the last native speakers in Newfoundland.