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Thread #8445   Message #2589969
Posted By: GUEST,Bobby Bob, Ellan Vannin
16-Mar-09 - 08:40 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Lovely Ann/Loss of the Ship Union
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Lovely Ann
The first verse, or two verses, of this were noted down in the Isle of Man in the 1890s:

When I was young and in my prime
To sea I had to rove
False friends of mine they did combine
To part me from my love

To Belfast town they did me bring
Without any more delay
On board of the Union my passage paid
Bound for Americay.

When I have sung it, I've amended the 'Banks of Bann' to 'Isle of Man', of course!

The tune was also collected with that first verse back in the 1890s. Dan Milner wrote his own tune for the lyric.

Back in 1999, after Dan had started a thread about the song, I think that I posted the tune collected in the Isle of Man using the ABC format thingy, but I can't find it now. Perhaps it's still somewhere in the archives, so might be worth reviving, if it can be found by Joe and co.

If of interest, I could try to learn how to do it again and repost it, as the song thread has been revived.

Lhiats,

Bobby Bob, Ellan Vannin