Ta Ushag sy Laue Chammah as Jees sy Thammag
Tra daag my voir Sostyn hug ee lhee kayt doo. She kayt feer chiune
eh dy cadjin agh keayrtyn t'eh red beg feie. Ta fuill Shiamagh echey
as er-lhiams dy nee keoi ooilley ny kiyt lheid y shen.
Laa dy row,
tra v'ee foast ayns Sostyn as v'ee gobbraghey sy thie mooar, cheayll
ee feiyr agglagh sy gharey. Tra haink ish as my ayr magh ass y thie,
hooar ad foillan er yn aiyr as cass y chayt urree. Va'n foillan foast
bio as cha b'loys da'n chayt lhigey y raad j'ee. V'ee ayns cront
atchimagh. Aghterbee, lurg tammylt va'n raad lhiggit da'n foillan as
y kayt myrgeddin as smooinee ad dy row yn kayt er n'ynsaghey palchey
veih'n lessoon shen; agh cha nee!
Boayl t'ad baghey nish ayns Ballaquane
ta ram kiyt doo ayn, as brishee magh caggey mooar eddyr Satch as ooilley ny
kiyt elley rish tammylt. Ta Satch yn ennym er y chayt shoh, er yn oyr
dy vel my ayr goaill soylley jeh clashtyn rish yn chiaull jazz as
er-lesh dy row Louis Armstrong fer share ny fir-kiaullee. Ta mee jerkal
dy vel fys eu ooilley dy row Satch, ny Satchmo, yn far-ennym v'er, as
she ard-chayt doo erskyn ooilley v'eshyn.
Aghterbee, laa dy row hooar
Satch kayt doo elley sy thie ayns Ballaquane, as va Satch feer chorree
rish. Va'n kayt elley sy chamyr-chadlee as helg Satch eh neose veih'n
chamyr-chadlee dys bun ny greeishyn as er shen va'n kayt elley slane
caillt echey. Agh by gummey lesh Satch shen. Ren eh siyr mooar magh
sy gharey as lheim eh er y chied red doo va ry akin. Cha nee kayt agh
feeagh v'ayn.
Son yn nah cheayrt va feiyr agglagh ry chlashtyn sy gharey,
as roie my ayr as my voir dy akin cre va goll er. Va Satch jeeaghyn dy ve
feer agglit. Va skeeanyn doo bennailt mygeayrt e chione as va meer
caillt veih'n chleaysh echey. Er-lhiams dy vel eh ynsit dy mie nish.
Ta mee er chlashtyn raa-creeney myr shoh? Kiangle myr noid as yiow myr
carrey. Er lesh Satch nagh vel shen slane kiart!