Hughie Jones
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Fourteen ships have sailed the sea.
Each one bearing a Manx name,
But there's one will never again.
Oh Ellan Vannin,
Of the Isle of Man Company,
Oh Ellan Vannin,
Lost in the Irish Sea.
At One a.m. in Ramsey Bay,
Captain Teare was heard to say,
Our contract says Deliver the mail.
In this rough weather we must not fail.
Ocean Liners sheltered from the storm,
Ellan Vannin on the waves was born.
Her holds were full and battened down,
As she sailed towards far Liverpool town.
With a crew of twenty-one Manxmen,
Her passengers Liverpool business men;
Farewell to Mona's Isle farewell,
This little ship was bound for hell.
Less than a mile from the Bar lightship,
By a mighty wave Ellan Vannin was hit.
She sank in the waters of Liverpool Bay,
And there she lies until this day.
The third day of the month December,
Of a terrible storm in Nineteen Nine, Ellan Vannin sailed for the very last time.
