[from Manx Ballads, 1896]

TA MEE NISH KEAYNEY.  

I AM LAMENTING.

 

TA mee nish keayney er-y-hon oie as laa,
Ta mee nish keayney erson my graih,
T’ee er faagail mee ny lomarcan,
As treih son-dy-braa.
Ta mee nish keayney er-y-hon,
Ta mee keayney oie as laa,
Ta mee keayney er-y-hon oie as laa.

 

NOW I am lamenting for her night and day,
Now I am lamenting for my love,
She has gone and left me all alone,
And wretched for ever.
Now I am lamenting for her,
I’m lamenting night and day,
I am lamenting for her night and day,


 

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