[From Manx Soc vol XXI]

COLBAGH YRECK ER STHRAP.

THIS old Manx ballad has been arranged conversationally. It was taken from one written by the Rev. Philip Moore. He was a first-class scholar, and was one of the translators of the Scriptures into Manx. He was rector of Kirk Bride, and for forty-eight years chaplain and school-master of Douglas, where he was born on the 5th September 1705, and died there 22d January 1783, and was buried in Braddan Church-yard.— Vide Butler’s Life of Bishop Hildesley, pp. 186-192. London, 1799.

Yn Ohuyr.—
Haink Shuyr ven-y-phosee stiagh,
She mooie er y phling-vag v’ee;
Ura dy beign’s er phoosey ayns traa,
Cha beign’s nish ayns stayd cha treih.

Chorus.

She poost, as poost, as poost,
As poost dy boar vees shin,
Nagh nhare diu foddey ye poost,
Na taggloo smessey ye j’eu.

II.

Agh my-ihie my lomarcan va mee,
S’beg gerjagh v’aym dy bragh;
Agh foddey baare ihiam nish,
Ve poost rish guilley vie reagh,
" She poost, as poost, as poost," etc.

III.

yn vraar.—Haink stiagh eisht braar ben-y phoosee,
As loayr eh mychione e huyr
Dy boan diu ee charnmah as ta mish,
Cha nieau-agh shin urnee son oor.
" She poost, as poost, as poost," etc.

IV.

T’ee moyrnagh, ard, as litcheragh,
As lhie feer foddey er-laa
Chyndaa ee hene ‘sy lhiabbee,
Myr, shoh, te’e ceau e traa.
" She poost, as poost, as poost," etc.

V.

Mannagh n’oyms ben share na ish
Jeer ! cha poosym’s ben dy braa.
Son hem shaghey dy chooilley ven-aeg,
Fegooish cur orroo traa-laa.
‘C As poost, as poost, as poost," etc.

VI

Ben-y-phoosee.—
Eisht loayr roo, Ben-y-phoosee,
S’beg tushtey teu fly Reeayl;
Dooys dy phoosey dooinney son graih
Cha vel eli agh ayns fardail.
" She poost, as poost, as poost," etc.

VII.

Dyn thie, ny cooid, ny conryri,
Carineish, curlead, ny lhuisag,
Tra hig boghtynid stiagh ‘sy dorrys,
Nee graih goll magh er yn uinnag.
" She poost, as poost, as poost," etc.

VIII.

Yn Voir.—
Haink Moir ben-y-phoosee stiagh,
As loayr ee rish e inneen;
Traa hie mish hoshiaght dy phoosey,
Cha rou jalloo aym lhiam pene.
" She poost, as poost, as poost," etc.

IX.

Agh gooyn dy eglieen olley,
Fegooish eer smoe dy cheau
Agh nish ta’ym ollagh as cabbil
As palchey dy liooar ta’ym jeu.
" She poost, as poost, as poost," etc.

X.

V’aym gooyn dy eglieenolley
Marish apryn dy saloon
Quoig dy henn lieen skeddan
As bussal dy spinagyn hum.
" She poost, as poost, as poost," etc.

XI.

Yn Ayr.—
Eisht dooyrt Ayr ben-y-phoosee,
Ny treig ufs rish dty ghraih;
My te son laccal toghar,
Verym’s dhyt dty hale.
"She poost, as poost, as poost," etc.

XII.

Yiow’n cholbagh vreck er sthrap,
As nagh re oo hene vees souyr?
As yiow’n chenn vock Vane, golleig,
Dy hayrn yn arroo ‘syn ouyr. "
She poost, as poost, as poost,
As poost dy liooar vees shin,
Nagh nhare din foddey ye poost,
Na taggloo smessey ye j’eu."