National Anthem of the Isle of Man - “Arrane Ashoonagh Vannin“ (MANX VERSION)

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ENGLISH ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ The National Anthem of the Isle of Man (Manx: Arrane Ashoonagh Vannin), was written and composed by William Henry Gill (1839–1923), with the Manx translation by John J. Kneen (1873–1939). The anthem is titled for its incipit, “O Land of Our Birth“ (“O Halloo Nyn Ghooie“ in Manx). The anthem is sung to an adaptation of the traditional Manx melody of “Mylecharaine’s March“, which had been described as the “Manx national melody“ long before Gill’s composition. The words that originally accompanied the melody date to around 1800 and concern the impoverishment of a father to pay a dowry. However, those curious words have been identified as disparate pieces of older songs amalgamated together incompletely. The first verse of the song is: O Vylecharaine, c’raad hooar oo dty stoyr? / Nagh dooar mee ’sy Churragh eh dowin, d