We dip once again into 'A Poetical Guide to the Isle of Mann' by Rev Thomas Stephen, published in 1832. It mixes proud bombast and hyperbole with tongue in cheek cheesiness and a sense of humour and awareness of its own mix of purple prose and bathos.
\n\nJonathan Harker can hardly believe his eyes as he witnesses Count Dracula's way of leaving his room to exit the castle. With the Count out of the way, he decides to explore further than he's hitherto dared.
\n\nAs y kiaull ain -
\nSONIA JONES, SUE JONES-DAVIES & GERAINT GRIFFITHS - Teilwng yw'r oen
\nPEADAR O CEANNABHAIN - Sadhbh Ni Bhruinneala
\nMIKE O'CONNOR & BARBARA GRIGGS - Miss Pitts' minuet
\nANAM - Mary and the soldier
\nCHAL HA DICHAL - Gavotte des Terrils
\nMERA ROYLE & DAVID KILGALLON - Deep in the earth
\nTHE BYRDS - Bells of Rhymney
\nJOHN McCORMACK & EDWIN SCHNEIDER - Terence's farewell to Kathleen
\nANAM - Cornish gavottes