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The traditional Manx song, Three Easteryn Boghtey (Three Poor Fishermen), performed by Bernard Caine RBV and Charles Guard in c.1974.
This sorrowful song about the loss of three fishermen at sea one night begins with the ominous words in Manx Gaelic:

Eaisht shin rhyms, my chaarjin,
As goyms shin nish arrane,
Mychione three eeasteyryn boghtey,
Va ayns Skeeylley Stondane.
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Listen to me, my friends, and I
Will sing to you a song,
About three poor fishermen,
Who were in Kirk Santon.

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

Eaisht shin rhyms, my chaarjin,
As goyms shin nish arrane,
Mychione three eeasteyryn boghtey,
Va ayns Skeeylley Stondane.
Tom Cowle, lesh Juan y Karaghey,
As-llliam y Christeen.
Hie ad voish y thie ayns y voghrey;
Va yn seihll kiune as meen.

Tra hie'ad voish nyn dieyn,
S'beg oie vo'c er y vaase.
Yn baatey beg shoh va ocsyn
Va lesh Captain Clugaash.
Cha row oc'helym dy stiurey,
Cha row oe croan ny shiaull,
Agh bleeayst dy vaatey eddrym,
As cha row ee agh yawl.

Yn.fastyr shoh va dorraghey,
Lesh sterrym as sheean,
As y gheay ren ee sheidey,
As gatt eh y cheayn.
Va ny three eeasteyryn boghtey
Gleck shirrey dy goll thie;
Cha row eh dauesyn-agh fardail,
Cha ren eh veg y vie.

Choud as ta'n seihll kiune as meen,
Yn muir mooar te rea,
Agh te cur er e,ddin elley,
Tra heidys y gheay.
Te myr lion garyeigagh,
As. niartal ta coraa
Son gatt eh seose as brishey,
As kinjagh seiy dy braa.

Daag ad shoh mraane as cloan,
Kiarail dy heet reesht thie;
Adsyn ta goll gys y cheavn,
Dy-mennick ayns gaue role.
Son ta ny gauey-n dangeyragh
Oe combaasal.dagh cheu,
As ayns bleeayst v'ad ayns aggle,
V'an diunid vooar fo.

Cheayll shuish jeh Noo Paul vooar,
As ieh dagh dangeyr as gaue
Hie eh trooid ec cheayn, myr
Ve shiaulley gys y Raue;
Lesh dtwillys ny marrey lhean,
Immanit noon as noal,
Ve hene as ooilley heshaght vie,
Laik nyn mioys y choayl.

Juan y Kissaag voish Doolish,
Myr ve shiaulley dy meen,
Haink raad yn baatey shoh va lhie,
V'aynjee Cowle as Christeen;
Eisht hug eh lesh ad dy
Ghoolish Hug n n chaarjyn lesh ad thie,
Ayi Yobberan as trimshey
Dy row ad er ve mooie.

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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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