Thanks to all of you who have contributed so far. I will have to try to translate the Welsh that Liz the Squeak sent to see to what extent it appears to be reflected in the various English and Esperanto versions I have. I must point out, however, that I had to smile when I read Liz's comment (early on) that

The words in Welsh are basically the proper ones in English,

soon the hoar old year will leave us..... etc. Fa la la la la is the same in Welsh as English....

as no one has ever sung that line in my hearing (nor do I think you could get them to; hoar is one of those unfortunate homophones, at least hereabouts). The version we sing here puts the New Year part "Fast away the old year passes, ... Hail the new, ye lads and lasses".

Once again, thanks!

And Liz, I will PM you, but re: Lyngham, I think.

Liland