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BEDD Y MORWR. NOS SADWRN Y GWEITHIWR. MARWNAD YR HELIWR

from Perwg by Sille Ilves

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    A unique recording of traditional Welsh hurdy-gurdy music. 12 tracks containing 36 tunes and songs arranged for solo hurdy -gurdy with sprinkling of other instruments and voices.The CD comes in a heavyweight gatefold laminated digipack.

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All these tunes are 16 bar jigs and suitable for lots of country dances.

BEDD Y MORWR- this melody is my version of well known traditional Welsh dance tune.
NOS SADWRN Y GWEITHIWR - this melody is my version of well known traditional Welsh/English song.
MARWNAD YR HELIWR I found this tune in -'Alawon fy Ngwlad', by Nicholas Bennett, published in 1896.

Guest musicians:
Martin Leamon - bouzouki
Ceri Rhys Matthews - voice

lyrics

I took some selected verses from the song CÂN YR YSBRYDION (Song of the Spirits) collected at Ystradgynlais, in the Swansea Valley.
It's from the book Caneuon Llafar Gwlad (Songs from Oral Tradition) Volume I, Edited by D.Roy Saer

CÂN YR YSBRYDION (SONG OF THE GHOSTS)

Mi es pan oeddwn fychan
At Sion a Gof i'r Gellan.
I mofyn harn at dori mawn
Ar ryw brynhawn fy hunan.
'Roedd Wil a Lewys Leyshon
Yn gwella bachau crochon,
ASiorsi Wil a Sioni Sam
Yn siarad am ysbrydion.

Fe welwyd ysbryd milgi
Ar ael y bryn yn croesi
Ac ysbryd gwas y Gelli Thorn
Ag ysbryd corn yn canu.
Mae weithiau ysbryd angladd -
Y mawr a'r bach yn gydradd -
Ac ysbryd moch yn cadw swn,
Ac ysbryd cwn yn ymladd.

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from Perwg, released September 20, 2013

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