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Thread #119787 Message #2601166
Posted By: richd
31-Mar-09 - 08:12 AM
Thread Name: Bilingual Songs
Subject: RE: Bilingual Songs
There's also one which Dr Price quotes in the thread on Welsh Drinking songs thread.
"Yr Wyf I Little Collier"
Yr wyf i little collier
Un gweithio underground
the rope will never torri
When I go up and down
Bara menyn when I'm hungry
Cwrw when I'm dry
Gwely when I'm tired
and Nefoedd when I die
Nefoedd when I die
Nefoedd when I die
Gwely when I'm tired
and Nefoedd when I die.
yr wyf i = I am
yn gweithio = working
torri = break
bara menyn = bread and butter
cwrw = beer
gwely = bed
nefoedd = heaven
This is still current, certaily in the Merthyr Valley.
It was also sung in the recent 'Coal House at War' series on BBC Wales.