| First Publication | 1740 ca. in Oswald's Curious Collection of Scots Tunes (p.19 - arranged for treble instrument and continuo) |
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| Genre Categories | Folksongs; Songs; For 1 voice; |
| Work Title | Oh Onochie O |
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| Alternative. Title | Onochie Oh; The Massacre at Glencoe |
| Composer | Folk Songs, Scottish |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | ISF 19 |
| Key | G major |
| First Publication. | 1740 ca. in Oswald's Curious Collection of Scots Tunes (p.19 - arranged for treble instrument and continuo) |
| Librettist | in A Choice Collection of Several Scots Miscellanie Poems and Songs, 1715 later Scots English version by Robert Burns |
| Language | Gaelic; English |
| Piece Style | Baroque |
| Instrumentation | voice |
| External Links | Notes |
| Extra Information | The connection with the massacre of Glencoe is due to a comment by Robert Burns, in the "Scots Musical Museum", where this song is published (to a different tune) in volume I page 90, under N° 89. Burns wrote a similar song which he connected with Culloden, The Highland Widow's Lament. |