| Manx | English | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | |
| Ec yn oie’l Breeshey | At the St Brigid’s Eve party, | |
| Myr v’eh geddyn yn sport, | As he was finding fun, | |
| Hug Jemmy lesh yn astan | Jemmy brought the ‘eel’ | |
| Magh ass y toalt. | Out of the barn. | |
| 2 | 2 | |
| Hug eshyn lesh magh ee | He brought her out | |
| Dyn aggle erbee, | No fear at all, | |
| As seose ec keeil-dorrysh, | And up at a door-side, | |
| Nagh chrogh Jemmy ee! | Didn’t Jemmy hang her! | |
| 3 | 3 | |
| Nagh walk Jemmy magh, | Didn’t Jemmy walk out, | |
| As seose ec kione y thie, | And up at the end of the house, | |
| As veeit eh John Quinney, | And he met John Quinney, | |
| V’eh naboo feer vie. | He was a very good neighbour. | |
| 4 | 4 | |
| Nagh smooinee ad orroo | Didn’t they think about them, | |
| As consider ad eh, | And they considered it, | |
| De ragh ad er walkal, | That they would go on for a stroll, | |
| Er gys Balla-ny-ghlea. | To Balla-ny-ghlea, | |
| 5 | 5 | |
| Ghow ad sup braue gennal, | They took a fine cheery sup, | |
| Haink ad thie er-y-chooyl, | They came home right away, | |
| Tra rosh Jemmy thie, | When Jemmy arrived home, | |
| Va’n astan ersooyl. | The ‘eel’ was gone. | |
| 6 | 6 | |
| Keayrt v’ee ish chirrym | Once she was dry, | |
| As nish t’ee dy shliawin | And now she is slippery, | |
| Yn konnyn ren miolagh ee, | The ‘rabbit’ tempted her, | |
| Sheese gys yn awin! | Down to the river! | |
| 7 | 7 | |
| Tra hooar ee gys yn awin | When she got to the river | |
| Vegin ee son cloie, | She began for to play, | |
| As magh cass-ny-hawin, | And out the end of the river, | |
| V’ee roish y vun-oie. | She was, before midnight. | |
| 8 | 8 | |
| Charles Mooar y Cannell[1] | Big Charles Cannell | |
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[1] Note in the margin; ‘of Meary Veg’.
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| Va’n naboo s’niessey da, | Was the closest neighbour to him, | |
| Nagh dirree eh moghrey, | Didn’t he rise early, | |
| Kiart rish y laa. | Just at daylight. | |
| 9 | 9 | |
| As dirree eh moghrey | And he rose early, | |
| Hug eh mysh dy chion, | Got dressed fast, | |
| Son dy varroo yn konnyn, | For to kill the ‘rabbit’, | |
| Va heese ayns y ghlion. | That was up in the glen. | |
| 10 | 10 | |
| As varr eh yn konnyn | As he killed the rabbit, | |
| Shickyr dy liooar, | Sure enough, | |
| As hug eh lesh thie eh, | And he brought it home, | |
| Fo’n skian e chooat mooar. | Under wing of his big coat. | |
| 11 | 11 | |
| Brie shiu, as brie shiu, | You will ask, And you will ask, | |
| As brie shiu dy mie, | And well you will ask, | |
| Son Juan y Carragher[2] | For John Faragher | |
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[2] Note in the margin; ‘a noted thief’.
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| Mennick ec y thie. | Often at the house. | |
| 12 | 12 | |
| Peddyr y Kinnish[3] | Peter Kinnish | |
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[3] Note in margin says ‘owner of Arragon Beg’
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| Va cummal er y vroogh, | Was dwelling on the bank, | |
| Tra honnick eh yn astan, | When he saw the ‘eel’ | |
| V’eh roie as pandoogh. | He was running and panting. | |
| 13 | 13 | |
| Fer dy chlein Prime, | On of the Prime family, | |
| Va cummal Ballaquaggin, | Who was living at Ballaquaggin, | |
| V’eh troggal cleiy mooarey, | He was building big hedges, | |
| As lhieggal shenn thieyn. | And knocking down old houses. | |
| 14 | 14 | |
| V’eh hene as Jack Sharp, | Himself and Jack Sharp were, | |
| Walkal ayns y lheeanee, | Walking in the meadow, | |
| As vrie shin jeusyn, | And we asked them, | |
| Son astan Jemmy. | For Jemmy’s ‘eel’. | |