ELLAN VANNIN.

By Mrs. Eliza Craven Green. The music to this song was composed and published by Mr. Townsend of Manchester.

WHEN the summer day is over,
And its busy cares have flown,
I sit beneath the star-light,
With a weary heart, alone,

There rises like a vision,
Sparkling bright in nature's glee,
My own dear Ellan Vannin,
And its green hills by the sea.

Then I hear the wavelets murmur,
As they kiss the fairy shore,
And 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,
And 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,
And thy green hills by the sea''

[for music see Manx National Songs]