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Thread #7931   Message #2780089
Posted By: Tattie Bogle
03-Dec-09 - 07:32 PM
Thread Name: Ellen Vannen/Ellan Vannin - definitive name/lyrics
Subject: RE: Ellen Vannen/Ellan Vannin - definitive name/lyrics
Have sung it twice this week so far: she was built in Glasgow, so that's good enough reason for me to sing it in Scotland! Originally named "Mona's Isle", another name for the Isle of Man, later re-named "Ellan Vannin", the Manx name with the same meaning.
(Similar to Scots Gaelic, where island is Eilean)