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    Canadian Boat-Song
    Canadian Boat-Song
    Canadian Boat-Song
    Audiobook19 minutes

    Canadian Boat-Song

    Published by LibriVox

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    About this audiobook

    Portion of an article in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, VOL. XXVI July-December, 1829 "The late Earl of Eglinton, a distinguished member of a family not destitute of Celtic blood, and which has even been illustrious honour and patriotic feelings and principles, had a high opinion of the loyalty and bravery of the Canadian Highlanders, and left the following translation of one of their boat songs among his papers, set to music by his own hand." - Summary by David Lawrence
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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