Manx Music - Hunt the Wren (song) - The Mollag Band

Published on 21 Dec 2017

The Hunt the Wren song is connected to the Manx traditions for St. Stephen's Day (26 December). The song is one of the oldest ones with English words known in the Isle of Man.

It is performed here by The Mollag Band, one of the longest standing and well respected of all Manx bands.

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