The traditional Manx tune, Ushag Veg Ruy (Little Red Bird), performed by Bernard Caine RBV and Charles Guard in c.1974.
This song in Manx Gaelic tells of the fortunes of a little red bird seeking refuge for the night.
This is a popular song, most often met in this lullaby form although also collected as a skipping tune. Versions of it can be found in all of the Celtic Nations of the British Isles.
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.
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