100+ Manx songs and tunes only in Kiaull Manninagh Jiu
Mon, 23 Nov 2015
Kiaull Manninagh Jiu – Transcriptions of the Month
Our e-newletter Kiaull Manninagh Jiu (Manx music today) includes a transcription every month for readers to try out - there are now over 100 new and old Manx songs and tunes, often unavailable anywhere else! To find one of the transcriptions below, go to the relevant month of KMJ.
Kiaull Manninagh Jiu – Transcriptions of the Month
July 2006 –
Sep 2006 –
Oct 2006 Jemmy as Nancy
Nov 2006 Hop-tu-naa Round (Manx trad adapted by Frank Woolley)
Dec 2006 Rudolf/Clinkeraght words only
Jan 2007 Bollan Bane (Manx trad)
Feb 2007 Manx (Trad.) from Cushag folder
Mar 2007 Tune-y-Wheeyl Vooar (Manx trad)
April 2007 Last Night as I Lay Sleeping (Scottish trad)
May 2007 Jerrey’n Laa (Mona D Colln)
June 2007 Arrane Son Illiam Dhone (M Douglas Colln)
July 2007 Manx National Anthem (1 verse Manx & Eng)
Aug 2007 Laa Ruggyree (words only)
Sept 2007 Old Manx Tune (JF Gill Colln)
Oct 2007 Skeeal y Scaanjoon (Bree students)
Nov 2007 Shiaull y Cheayn (Mona Douglas collection)
Dec 2007 Yeesey Chreest (by Bob Carswell)
Jan 2008 The Island Minstril
Feb 2008 Peddyr Beg (Manx trad, new tune by Breesha Maddrell)
Mar 2008 Shiaull y Cheayn (Gow Ayrn)
Apr 2008 Lane dy Vree (by Breesha Maddrell)
May 2008 She Moghrey Laa Boaldyn (by Bob Carswell)
June 2008 A Manx Boat Song (Mona Douglas colln)
July 2008 St. Ninian’s Prayer (by Charles Guard)
Aug 2008 S’liack Lhiam Bine dy Yough (by Greg Joughin & Sarah Hewson)
Sep 2008 The Road to Canton (by Cinzia Curtis)
Oct 2008 Murran sy’ Vainney (by Julie Matthews, Peddyr Cubberley & others)
Nov 2008 Time Traveller in Disguise (Bree students 2008)
Dec 2008 Traa dy Gholl dy Valley (Christmas lyrics) + Joseph as e Lorg (by Bob Carswell)
Jan 2009 Willie Clague (by WH Gill in MD Colln)
Feb 2009 Willie Clague Jig (arr. Breesha Maddrell)
Mar 2009 Mhelliah Noa (by Katie Lawrence)
April 2009 Carval ny Drogh Vraane (Manx trad)
May 2009 Shen ta Mee (Catherine Crowe - lyrics only)
June 2009 Pumpkin Reel (by Laura Payne & Anya Morgan)
July 2009 Rabogue (by Breesha Maddrell)
Aug 2009 Jellyfish Mile (by Katie Lawrence)
Sept 2009 Twymym (by Paul Rogers)
Oct 2009 Zig Zag (Adam Rhodes 2003)
Nov 2009 Untitled (tune from Cushag MS 08979 taken down from Ned Quayle, croit-y-Caley 1911)
Dec 2009 11. Blue Bell of Scotland (from FE Bazin’s book John Moore’s Music Book)
Jan 2010 The Breton Manx Air (by Cesar Joughin Bree Oct 2009)
Feb 2010 St Bridget’s Day Laa’l Vridey (Lyrics & music by WH Gill)
Mar 2010 Shannon’s Tune (by Rosie Shirtliff 2009)
April 2010 Flitter Dance Song (Bree song writers 2009)
May 2010 Peel Reel (by Isla Callister-Wafer, Bree 2009)
June 2010 Yn Manninagh Maynrey (Daniel Quayle, Bree 2009)
July 2010 Bomber and Biscuit (Amy-Louise Tasker, Bree 2009)
Aug 2010 Slippers (Laura Rowles)
Sep 2010 Squashed Frog (by Gilno Carswell 2005)
Oct 2010 Sheena’s Waltz (Laura Rowles)
Nov 2010 The Adventures of Bubbles & Chitty Chitty Car Horn (by Frankie Greenwood, Bree 2010)
Dec 2010 Deiney Creeney (by Bob Carswell 1986)
Jan 2011 Carval er Troailt yn Voidyn Bannee (Clague Coll)
Feb 2011 Untitled (Kitty Gawne, Bree Oct 2010)
Mar 2011 Arrane yn Chenn Chroiteyr, Cronk Meayl (George Leah)
April 2011 Flitter Jig (Revised trad Manx from sessions)
May 2011 Cow in a Bap (Beccy Hurst)
June 2011 Gorse Sticks (Philip Leighton Stowell)
July 2011 Captain Quilliam’s Hornpipe (Brian Myers)
Aug 2011 Castletown Lads (adapted by Chloe Woolley “From Castletown: the lads of Long Ago” by Alice Kelly)
Sep 2011 The Road to Canton (Cinzia Yates 2008)
Oct 2011 Shooyl ny Shee (Ealee Sheard c. 2005)
Nov 2011 Mynor (Gilno Carswell and David Kilgallon 1996)
Dec 2011 The Mother’s Carol (music by John W Gelling, Words by Cushag)
Jan 2012 Step Dance (Clague Coll) with lyrics “Jock McGraw Steps Out”
Feb 2012 Barna Beg (Breesha Maddrell 2011)
Mar 2012 Wellington Square (Matt Kelly)
April 2012 Loz’s Garden (Matt Kelly)
May 2012 Ben Rein y Voaldyn (Mona Douglas Collection)
June 2012 The Walk (Cairistiona Dougherty 2010)
July 2012 She Moves through the Fair/Keayrt dooyrt my Ghraih (translated by Colin Jerry)
Aug 2012 My Chaarjyn gow jee tastey Cair (Carval – Manx Ballads and Music)
Sep 2012 The Fisherboats of Mann (Marlene Hendy & Mychuracan 1993)
Oct 2012 Kiaulliaght Kiune (collected Mona Douglas/New lyrics by Breesha Maddrell, Bob Carswell and Aalin Clague)
Nov 2012 The Days After (Cairistiona Dougherty 2011)
Dec 2012 Hunt the Wren (Mona Melodies 1820)
Jan 2013 Spollaghyn (Matt Kelly & Bree 27/10/12) and The Ugly Turnip (Matt Kelly & Bree 27/10/12)
Feb 2013 Cronnane (Annie Kissack)
Mar 2013 Nelson’s Tonic (Peddyr Cubberley)
April 2013 The Emigrant’s Lament
May 2013 Tappaghyn Jiargey (Mona Melodies/Moore Collection)
June 2013 The Cats or Feline Fantasy (William Bradley Breed and Paul Blackmur)
July 2013 The Manx Mullet (Pete Clark 2009)
Aug 2013 The Farewell Reel (Katie Lawrence 2008)
Sep 2013 Miss LF’s Favourite (Andreas Flute, transcribed by Cinzia Yates)
Oct 2013 Faagmayd nyn mannaght ec Keayn Doolish (Kiaull Vannin 99/coll from Tom Kermode, Bradda)
Nov 2013 Yn dooinney boght va reurey (by Annie Kissack, in Roie Mygeayrt)
Dec 2013 Fin as Oshin (coll from Jack Kermode by Mona Douglas)
Jan 2014 Oill er yn Ushtey (by Cinzia Yates)
Feb 2014 Phynoderee (from Christopher Shimmin’s dialect play Illiam Kodhere’s Will)
March 2014 There’s the Moddha Dhoo (by Cushag to tune, Kiark Catreeney Marroo)
April 2014 Fud ny Hoie (song by Breesha Maddrell)
May 2014 Laa Boil y Theihll (World Fiddle Day – tune by Laura Rowles)
June 2014 The Wagtail (by Caitlin Bennett)
July 2014 Knox’s Jig (by Rachel Hair)
Aug 2014 S’liack Lhiam Bine dy Yough Jig
Sep 2014 Auldyn River (by Paul Cringle)
Oct 2014 The Grackle (by Malcolm Stitt)
Nov 2014 Maughold Song (by Chris and Howard Caine)
Dec 2014 The Cruel Mistress (new version of “Yn Ven-Ainshter Dewil” by Bree song-writers 2014)
Jan 2015 The Way of the World (by David Speers) and Kiaull agus Craic (by Owen Williams, Bree 2014)
Feb 2015 The Foxdale Miner (by Stuart Slack)
March 2015 Bee dty Host duet (from the Feddan Manx whistle course, arr. Breesha Maddrell)
April 2015 Manx National Anthem (WH Gill 1907) and Mylecharaine’s March (Manx trad.)
May 2015 Arrane Cadlee (by Sharon Christian 2015)
June 2015 Yernagh Keoie (from Fiddyl) and Hunt the Wren (from Prash, arr. Frank Woolley)
July 2015 Graih Foalsey (Manx trad)
Aug 2015 Last Night as I lay Sleeping (Scottish trad, in Gow Ayrn)
Sep 2015 Ta Cashen ersooyl dys yn aarkey (Manx trad)
Oct 2015 The False Walk to Ramsey (by Rachel Hair)
Nov 2015 Falcon Cliff is the Place for Me (J.H. Wicklow and A. Wilson Seymoure)
Dec 2015 Mannin veg veen fo cloaghey t'eh follaghey & Mighty Manannan [written by Bree songwriters Nov 2015]