The Sea Invocation - Manx Folk Song - Geay Jeh’n aer

Sung LIVE in English by Marianne Lihannah and played on the harp by Charlotte Poulter. Collected by Mona Douglas from Mrs Shimmin of Foxdale, arrangement by Fenella Bazin. Mona Douglas was told by Mrs Shimmin that the women of Peel would sing this as their men sailed out to the fishing. A uniquely beautiful prayer to the God of the Sea, Manannan*. This song features a refrain of meaningless syllables, which has often been used in lullabies. They were originally thought of as protective spells. Songs of th