A song in Manx for young children, taken from 'RoieMygeayrt':
Mygeayrt! Mygeayrt!
Queeylyn y ghleashtan,
Mygeayrt! Mygeayrt!
Queeylyn y ghleashtan,
Mygeayrt! Mygeayrt!
Queeylyn y ghleashtan,
Queeylyn çhyndaa mygeayrt!
[Around, around!
The car’s wheels
Around, around!]
Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! As cayrn y ghleashtan,
Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! As cayrn y ghleashtan,
Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! As cayrn y ghleashtan,
Eaishtrish y veep! Beep! Beep!
[Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Says the car’s horn.
Listen to the Beep]
This was one of 34 songs and rhymes written by Annie Kissack for MooinjerVeggey and Culture Vannin. The collection, 'RoieMygeayrt', was developed as a resource to help young children learn some of the language of the Isle of Man.
More information about the Manx language and the resources available to learn it are available here:
www.learnmanx.com
More about Mooinjer Veggey is available here:
www.mooinjerveggey.org.im
Culture Vannin exists to promote and support all aspects of culture in the Isle of Man.
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