Thanks to drummer-wench, Dorothea, for this beautiful folk song.
This version is sung by Robin Gibb, himself a native of The Isle of Man. I read somewhere that the song was about a ship that had gone down at sea, however thanks to Geoff for the following information.
It was originally a poem by Eliza Craven, written around 1854 - long before the sinking of the ship. The song is about the beautiful Isle of Man ( Ellen Vannin ) and if you read the words, you will see that.
I should have read the words!!
The song is sometimes referred to as 'the unofficial National Anthem of the Isle of Man'
Sadly, we live only a short distance from the Isle of Man - here on the east coast of N.Ireland and yes, I have never visited.
Scotland seems to draw me!!
HMA
Sorry, but the song doesn't tell the story about the Ellen Vannin which sank near to Liverpool in 1909. It was orginally a poem by Eliza Craven written around 1854 long before the sinking of the ship. The song is about the beautiful Isle of Man ( Ellen Vannin ) and if you read the words, you will see that. It was later put to music but certainly not by Hughie Jones of the Spinners in the 1960's as one person on a web site has written.
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