大象传媒

Hag yth esa y'n ebrenn aga jynnow owth omsettya yn krev,
Hag yn tawesek dhe'n benntreth agan lester lowen a dheuth ev,
Spavann y'n vresel a wrug mos an wonnoryon yn nans.
Skwith ha pur nownek y hrug mos an wonnoryon war nans.

As the enemy planes were attacking our people in force from the sky,
And to the beach-head in silence our happy craft drew nigh,
A lull in the battle gave the chance for our gunners to go below.
Hungry and exhausted our gunners went below.

Klavgorhel Sen Davydh a wrug kemmerys y gummyas brav,
Gans golowys enowys, ha krows rudh ha marghogyon klav,
Ha jynn-ebrenn faskor a wrug banna tanbellyn ynno,
Ha'n jynn-ebrenn alman y'n ayr a wrug arta dehweles dhodho !

The Hospital ship St Davids in full sight left the shore,
With lights lit up, with her big red cross and her wounded of the war.
Then a fascist plane came over, and it dropped a bomb on her.
Then the german plane, for a second time, turned right round in the air.

Jock Cowie agan gonner unnik dhe'n arwoedher* a skrijas ev,
"Lamm war an pom-pom, dhe'n jynn-ebrenn y denna yn mes!"
Distruys y'n ayr o an tebel, an vorwesyon lowen ens i,
Gans dowr-toemm a vorlu, ha kres, an varnoryon lowen ens i.
*AB Ken Paynter a Borthia

Jock Cowie the only gunner left, to the*signalman did shout,
"Jump right up on the pom-pom, Bunts and shoot the Jerry down.
Destroyed in the air the devil was, the sailors happy they.
With "sippers all round" and peace and quiet, the sailors happy they.
*AB Ken Paynter of St Ives
MICK PAYNTER 2001

漏 Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. Find out how you can use this.