A song from the Isle Of Man, Celtic flavours meet the morning mist.
Lyrics: Eliza Craven-Green
Inspiration: Ian Killip
All instruments and vocals: Larry Killip
Melody and arrangement: Larry Killip (with melodic influences from J. Townshend).
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ELLAN VANNIN (the unoffical Manx National Anthem)
Words by Eliza Craven-Green
When the summer day is over and its busy cares have flown,
I sit beneath the starlight with a weary heart alone:
Then it rises like a vision, sparkling bright in nature's glee,
My own dear Ellan Vannin with its green hills by the sea.
Then I hear the wavelets murmur as they kiss the fairy shore,
Then beneath the emerald waters sings the mermaid as of yore.
And the fair Isle shines with beauty as in youth it daned on me-
My own dear Ellan Vannin with its green hills by the sea
Then memories sweet and tender come like music's plaintive flow
Of the hearts in Ellan Vannin that loved me long ago;
And I give, with tears and blessings, my fondest thoughts to thee,
My own dear Ellan Vannin with its green hills by the sea.
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