T. E. Brown's 'Betsy Lee'... retold by an 8-year-old
Channel: Culture Vannin
Date: 14/10/2019

The greatest Manx poem ever written... retold by an 8-year-old.

T. E. Brown is the National Poet of the Isle of Man, and his narrative poem, 'Betsy Lee,' (published with his first Fo'c's'le Yarns in 1881) is recognised as his most important and wonderful poem.
Although sections of it are well known to most Manx people (such as the 'When childher plays' section with its wonderful 'Happy and over and short enough' lines), the true joy of the poem lies in its full story.
As an easy introduction to the poem, we asked an 8-year-old to tell us how it goes...

We recommend everyone to own the Complete Works of T. E. Brown, so that the full set of Fo'c's'le Yarns can be enjoyed, but they are also available on the Manx Literature website:
http://manxliterature.com/sort-by-genre/genre/focsle-yarns/

This film was produced by Culture Vannin in 2019.
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