The original words of the song "Ellan Vannin" are -

When the summer day is over
And its busy cares have flown,
I sit beneath the starlight
With a weary heart alone.
Then 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 in beauty,
As in youth it dawned 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 blessing
All my fondest thoughts to thee,
My own dear Ellan Vannin
With its green hills by the sea.