T. E. Brown's 'Betsy Lee', by Dollin Kelly

T. E. Brown's 'Betsy Lee'

by Dollin Kelly

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1.	Introduction 09:03	info	download
2.	Courting & the lawyer's clerk 08:32	info	download
3.	A new home for the Lee family 07:13	info	download
4.	Milking cows & confrontation 05:56	info	download
5.	A last sight of Betsy 04:39	info	download
6.	The lie takes hold 05:45	info	download
7.	Pazon Gale 06:06	info	download
8.	Losing hope 06:14	info	download
9.	Departure 04:32	info	download
10.	Return & bad news 08:14	info	download
11.	A second departure 05:21	info	download
12.	Jinny Magee 06:18	info	download
13.	Return 06:59	info	download
14.	Resolution 04:10	info	download

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T. E. Brown is the Manx National poet and the ‘Fo’c’s’le Yarns’ is his greatest work.

At the very foundation of this series of long, narrative poems in Manx dialect is ‘Betsy Lee,’ widely considered to be one of the most perfect attempts to portray 'Manxness.'

T. E. Brown loved life, he loved language, he loved humanity. The intense kindness and humanity of the man is revealed in all his work, but perhaps nowhere more so than when he would write of the Manx people and their Island.

This complete recitation of Betsy Lee was recorded in 1992, following a performance given entirely by memory by Dollin Kelly at the Manannan International Festival – the first public performance of the complete poem for more than 60 years. The original performance, like the recording here, featured the four musical movements of the ‘Betsy Lee Suite’ by Manx composer, Steven Dallimore.

This recording was first produced in 1992 by Charles Guard in association with the Manx Heritage Foundation.
It is released now with thanks to the family of Dollin Kelly by Culture Vannin (today’s trading name of the Manx Heritage Foundation).

Released by Culture Vannin, 2024.
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released April 23, 2024

T. E. Brown's 'Betsy Lee' told by Dollin Kelly.
Music by Steven Dallimore.
Produced by Charles Guard.
Original cover design by Catherine James.
Originally released in association with the Manx Heritage Foundation in 1992.

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