Ushag Veg Ruy

from Keayrt Va Mee Aeg: Traditional Manx Music by Bernard Caine and Others

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The traditional Manx tune, Ushag Veg Ruy (Little Red Bird), performed by Bernard Caine RBV 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.

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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Ushag veg ruy ny moanee doo,
Ny moanee coo, ny moanee doo,
Ushag veg rny ny moanee doo,
C'raad chaddil oo riyr 'syn oie?

Chaddil mish riyr er baare y dress,
Er baare y dress, er baare y dress,
Chaddil mish riyr er baare y dress!
As ugh! my cadley cha treih!

Chaddil mish riyr er baare y crouw,
Er baare y crouw, er baare y crouw,
Chaddil mish riyr er baare y crouw,
As ugh! my cadley cha treih!

Chaddil mish riyr er baare y thooane,
Er baare y thooane, er baare y thooane,
Chaddil mish riyr er baare y thooane,
As ugh! my cadley cha treih!

Chaddil mish riyr eddyr daa guillag,
Eddyr daa guillag, eddyr daa guillag,
Chaddil mish riyr eddyr daa guillag,
Myr yinnagh yn oikan+3 eddyr daa lhuishag,
As O! my cadley cha kiune!

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

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