[From Manx Ballads, 1896]

YN DOOINNEY BOGHT.  

THE POOR MAN.

 

YN dooinney boght va reuyrey,
Yn dooinney boght va reuyrey,
Yn dooinney boght va reuyrey,
Huggey as veih, huggey as veih;
As ee kiebbey er e geaylin,
As ee kiebbey er e geaylin,
As ee kiebbey er e geaylin,
Huggey as veih, huggey as veih.


Yn doo'nney boght va reuyrey,
Yn dooinney boght va reuyrey,
Yn dooinney boght va reuyrey,
Huggey as veih, huggey as veih;
As haare yn annag doo eh,
As haare yn annag doo eh,
As haare yn annag doo eh,
Huggey as veih, huggey as veih.

 

THE poor man was digg'ngl
The poor man was digging,
The poor man was digging,
To and fro, to and fro ;
And his spade on his shoulder,
And his spade on his shoulder,
And his spade on his shoulder,
To and fro, to and fro.


The poor man was digging,
The poor man was digging,
The poor man was digging,
To and fro, to and fro ;
And he caught the black crow,
And he caught the black crow,
And he caught the black crow,
To and fro, to and fro.


 

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