Richard Hawley – The Ellan Vannin Tragedy (Guitar)

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Capo on 3rd fret [Verse 1]
Am                 Dm     Am
Snaefell, Tynwald, Ben My Chree

Am                 G          Am
Fourteen ships had sailed the sea

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Proudly bearing a Manx name

Am                   G       Am
But there's one will never again

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Oh Ellan Vannin, of the Isle of Man Company

Dm       Am      C          G     Am
Oh Ellan Vannin, lost in the Irish Sea
[Verse 2]
Am             Dm     Am
At one a.m. in Ramsey bay

Am                G        Am
Captain Teare was heard to say

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"Our contract said deliver the mail

Am                       G        Am
In this rough weather we must not fail"

Dm       Am             Dm               Am
Oh Ellan Vannin, of the Isle of Man Company

Dm       Am      C          G     Am
Oh Ellan Vannin, lost in the Irish Sea
[Verse 3]
Am           Dm                 Am
Ocean liners sheltered from the storm

Am                  G        Am
Ellan Vannin on the wave was borne

Am           G       C         Am
Her hold was full and battened down

Am                        G         Am
As she sailed towards far Liverpool Town

Dm       Am             Dm               Am
Oh Ellan Vannin, of the Isle of Man Company

Dm       Am      C          G     Am
Oh Ellan Vannin, lost in the Irish Sea
[Verse 4]
Am                    Dm      Am
With a crew of twenty-one Manxmen

Am                       G       Am
Her passengers Liverpool businessmen

Am       G      C        Am
Farewell Mona's Isle farewell

Am                   G         Am
This little ship was bound for hell

Dm       Am             Dm               Am
Oh Ellan Vannin, of the Isle of Man Company

Dm       Am      C          G     Am
Oh Ellan Vannin, lost in the Irish Sea
[Verse 5]
Am                        Dm       Am
Less than a mile from the Bar lightship

Am                     G          Am
By a mighty wave Ellan Vannin was hit

Am              G         C         Am
She sank in the waters of Liverpool Bay

Am                G       Am
There she lies until this day

Dm       Am             Dm               Am
Oh Ellan Vannin, of the Isle of Man Company

Dm       Am      C          G     Am
Oh Ellan Vannin, lost in the Irish Sea
[Verse 6]
Am              Dm   Am
Few Manxmen now remember

Am                   G        Am
The third day of the month December

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The terrible storm in Nineteen-nine

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Ellan Vannin sailed for the very last time

Dm       Am             Dm               Am
Oh Ellan Vannin, of the Isle of Man Company

Dm       Am      C          G     Am
Oh Ellan Vannin, lost in the Irish Sea