Skeealyn Vannin, Disk 2 Track 13iii: Speaker: Ned Maddrell, Cregneash, Rushen
https://www.youtube.com/embed/gz-_vAD5Fo8Date(s): 1948
Creator(s): Irish Folklore Commission
Transcript: ‘Gallop, Gallop, gping to the Fair’
Lhiggey, lhiaggey goll gys y vargey,
Gallop, gallop going to the fair,
geiyrt er ny mraane lesh ny oanraghyn jiargey,
chasing the women with the red petticoats,
Lhiggey, lhiaggey goll gys y keeill,
gallop gallop going to the Church,
geiyrt er ny mraane lesh ny oanrycan green,
chasing the women with the green petticoats,
Shooyl, shooyl yn dooinney boght, roie, roie, yn eirinagh,
Walk, walk the poor man, run, run, the farmer,
Lhiggey, lhiggey, lhiggey, dooinney seyr.
Gallop, gallop, gallop, gentleman.
Shen ta mee er clashtyn ny chenn mraane gra tra v’ad boandyrys ny lhiannooyn.
That's what I have heard the old women say when they were nursing the children. (babies)
How’s that?!
(Transcribed and translated by Walter Clarke, Ramsey)
Language: Manx
Collection: Sound Archive
Level: WHOLE
ID number: SA 0579/2/13iii