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The traditional Manx tune, Eisht as Nish (Then and Now), performed by Bernard Caine RBV and Charles Guard in c.1974.
This beautiful traditional song in Manx Gaelic is one of heartbreak and sadness, beginning with the telling lines:

Keayrt va mee aeg,
As mish ta mee shenn;
Keayrt va daa ineenyn aym,
Agh nish cha vel nane.
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Once I was young,
And now I am old;
Once I had two girls, but
Now there is not one.

This comes from a collection of recordings made by Bernard Caine and others in around 1974, recorded by Charles Guard.
The recordings were not released at that time but they were recently rediscovered and they are released here as a posthumous memory of Bernard Caine RVB and the many things he did for Manx language, music and culture during his lifetime.

A video interview with Bernard Caine RBV (in Manx) can be found on the Learn Manx website: www.learnmanx.com/video_collection_79769.html

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lyrics

Keayrt va mee aeg,
As nish ta mee shenn;
Keayrt va daa indeenyn aym,
Agh nish cha vel nane.
Kys ta ny guillyn aegey
Hurranse liorish mraane!

Son ta graih mie ayn,
Agh ta foast graih sie.
Keayrt hug mee graih da ben aeg,
As ve’h graih rouyr vie.
Kys ta ny guillyn aegey
Hurranse liorish mraane!

Va billey beg gaase
Ayns garey my ayrey;
V’eh skeaylley ny banglaneyn
Eckey foddey as lhean.
Kys ta ny guillyn aegey
Hurranse liorish mraane!

V’eh goll-rish ben aeg shen,
V’eck rouyr deiney-soorey;
Cha row fys eck ayns ee keeayll
Er quoi jeu dy reih.
Kys ta ny guillyn aegey
Hurranse liorish mraane!

Dy beigns er ye maree,
Walkal ayns y garey.
0! dy beigns er ye maree
Ny hoie ec y thie.
Kys ta ny guillyn aegey
Hurranse liorish mraane!

Jeeaghyn ny pinkyn,
As roseyn as daisyn,
Va mee seiaghey ayns shen,
Marish my graih veen.
Kys ta ny guillyn aegey
Hurranse liorish mraane!

Tra va shin paitchyn,
Va shln dy mennick cloie,
As fo yn billey banglanagh
Va shin kinjagh soie.
Kys ta ny guillyn aegey
Hurranse liorish mraane!

Agh tra daase dee seose,
Yn ben aeg foalsey,
Hie ee magh fud ny sleih,
As yeigh me mooie.
Kys ta ny guillyn aegey
Hurranse liorish mraane!

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from Keayrt Va Mee Aeg: Traditional Manx Music, released September 14, 2018
Bernard Caine RBV and Charles Guard

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