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Autoharp: Leave Your Sheep! (Including lyrics and chords)

806 views · Published 13 December 2018 · 4:00 · Indexed 8 October 2026

Channel: threelegsoman · 2018 · Education

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I wrote this carol three years ago, and uploaded a version to YT at that time, but since then, my friend Fiona McCardle kindly transtated my lyrics into Manx, so here is the carol in both English and Manx. I have also raised the key from D to G for this version.

The lyrics in English are: 

Leave Your Sheep (©2015)
A R Archibald 

Shepherds come! Hear the song! Hark the herald angels sing:
Leave your sheep! We will keep watch o’er them tonight.
Have no fear! We are here! Make your way to Bethlehem!
Leave your sheep! We will keep watch o’er them tonight.

There you’ll find a new-born child; Mary’s son so-o meek and mild
In a manger gently laid; come to bring us joy.
Wise men too will come to him, costly gifts to the babe they will bring.
Join with them and praises sing: Peace be to all men!

Shepherds come! Hear the song! Hark the herald angels sing:
Leave your sheep! We will keep watch o’er them tonight.
Have no fear! We are here! Make your way to Bethlehem!
Leave your sheep! We will keep watch o’er them tonight.

And in Manx:

Faag-jee ny Kirree (©2017) Top line is the Manx translation, bottom line phonetic.

Voch’llyn, tar-jee! Clasht-jee n’ arrane! Eaisht-jee rish n’ ainleyn chaghteraght 
Vock lin tar-jee! Clash-jee n’arrane! Aysh-jee rish nine lan chiackteragh 

Faag-jee ny kirree! Beemayd freayll arrey orroo noght. 
Feg-jee ny kirree! Bimad frail arra oroo nock 

Ny gow-jee aggle! Ta shin aynshoh. Immee-jee gys Bethlehem 
Ni gow-jee aal! Ta shin onshore. Immee-jee gus Bethlehem 

Faag-jee ny kirree! Beemayd freayll arrey orroo noght. 
Feg-jee ny kirree! Bimad frail arra oroo nock 

Yiowmayd shiu, oikan ruggit jiu, Mac Voirey, cho meiygh as meen, 
Yow mud shoe eekan ruggid jew Mac Vorra, _ho meark as meen, 

‘Sy vanjoor marish e voir veen, eunys y chur dooin veih Niau. 
Su vanjoor morish e vor veen, eunice u cur doon vie Niow 

Hig deiney creeney lesh shilley er’n Vab cur lhieu gooityn da’n vabban meein, 
Hig daynya creena lesh shillya urn Varb cur lew gootin da’n vabban meein, 

Gow-jee moylley mâroo as arrane, Shee dy row er deiney as mraane. 
Gow-jee molla mareoo as arrane Shee du row er denya as mrain 

Voch’llyn, tar-jee! Clasht-jee n’ arrane! Eaisht-jee rish n’ ainleyn chaghteraght 
Vock lin tar-jee! Clash-jee n’arrane! Aysh-jee rish nine lan chiackteragh 

Faag-jee ny kirree! Beemayd freayll arrey orroo noght. 
Feg-jee ny kirree! Bimad frail arra oroo nock 

Ny gow-jee aggle! Ta shin aynshoh. Immee-jee gys Bethlehem 
Ni gow-jee aal! Ta shin onshore. Immee-jee gus Bethlehem 

Faag-jee ny kirree! Beemayd freayll arrey orroo noght. 
Feg-jee ny kirree! Bimad frail arra oroo nock 



I do not speak Manx myself, so I had to learn the Manx lyrics phonetically. I fumbled over the pronunciation of "mâroo as arrane," which should have sounded phonetically as "mareoo as arrane".

Nollick Ghennal as Blein Vie Noa. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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