Ellan Vannin is the title of a poem and song, often referred to as "the alternative Manx national anthem

Isle of Man National Anthem

The National Anthem of the Isle of Man, known in Manx as , was written and composed by William Henry Gill , with the Manx translation by John J. Kneen...

", the words of which were written by Eliza Craven Green in 1854 and later set to music by someone called either J. Townsend or F. H. Townend (sources vary).

Poem

When the summer day is over

And the busy cares have flown,

Then I sit beneath the starlight

With a weary heart. alone,

And there rises like a vision,

Sparkling bright in nature's glee,

My own dear

With its green hills by the sea.

Then I hear the wavelets murmur

As they kiss the fairy shore,

Then beneath the em'rald waters

Sings the mermaid as of yore,

And the fair Isle shines with beauty

As in youth it dawned on me,

My own dear

With its green hills by the sea.

Then mem'ries sweet and tender

Come like music's plaintive flow,

Of someone in

That lov'd me long ago,

So I give with tears and blessings,

And my fondest thoughts to thee,

My own dear

With its green hills by the sea.

The Bee Gees Version

The Bee Gees

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recorded a version for Isle of Man charities. They also included the song in their world-tour as a show of pride in the place of their birth.

When the summer day is over,

Its busy cares have flown,

I will sit beneath the starlight,

With a weary heart alone.

Then it rises like a vision

Sparkling bright it shines for me

My own dear

With its green hills by the sea

Let me hear the ocean murmur

Let me watch your stormy sky

Then above the emerald waters

Sings the seagull as she flies

Then arising like a vision

Sparkling bright it shines for me

My own dear

With its green hills by the sea

And in all my times of sorrow

And on some lonely shore

I'll go back to

To my childhood days once more

External links

• Manx Notebook - Music and Lyrics for Ellan Vannin by Eliza Craven Green.
• the song by Larry Killip