Here are the words as we learned them from the Irish group Oisin. You can find it on an album called The Jennie C. I know the song was written by Hughie Jones a member of the group the Spinners, who has recorded it himself on an CD, called Hughie's ditty-bag.

ELLEN VANIN

Snaefell, Tynwald, Benmachree,
Fourteen ships all on the sea
Each one bearing a Manx name
But there is one will never sail again
Oh, Ellen Vanin of the Isle of Man company
Oh, Ellen Vanin lost in the Irish sea
At one A.M. in Ramsey Bay,
Captain Tier was heard to say
Our contract says deliver the mail
In this rough weather we must not fail

Two liners sheltered from the storm
Ellen Vanin on the waves was born
Her hold was full and battened down
As she sailed forth from Liverpool town
With a crew of twenty-one Manx men
Her passengers Liverpool businessmen
Farewell ye mourners, aye, farewell
This little ship was doomed for hell
'T was less than a mile from the Balroys ship
By a mighty wave Ellen Vanin was hit
She sank in the waters of Liverpool Bay
And there she lies until this day
Very few men can now remember
The third day of the month December
A terrible storm in ninety nine
Ellen Vanin sailed for the very last time

Good luck!