MYLECHARANE:
THE
POPULAR AND MOST ANCIENT
MANX NATIONAL SONG,

Rendered into English Verse

ADAPTED TO THE OLD MANX AIR

BY ELIZABETH COOKSON.

WITH NOTES.

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SECOND EDITION.

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O^* Vylecharane ! ere dhooar oo dty stoyr,
      Ny lomarean drag oo mee?
Nagh dooar mee 'sy churragh eh dowin, dowin dylooar
      As my lomarean daag oo mee

* In manx, the letter M, at the beginning of a word. when preceded by O is changed into V.

The Isle of Man

PRINTED BY M. A. QUIGGIN, DOUGLAS.

1859.

[Note the pagination and title of this small booklet are very confused - the ornate cover has 'Legends of Manxland' whereas the titlepage is as above; the introduction is pp vii-x and Mylecharane starts page 11]

• Dedication
• Introduction
• Mylecharane
• The Fallen Fairy
• A Manx Myth
• Manx Scenery
• Tradition of the Fairy-Wren of Manxland
• The Lore-Lei
• Stanzas on Burkill's Pictorial Beauties of Mona
• Destiny
• Sunbeams
• Floreat Mona