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GUEST,interestedchap Lyr Add: Hob-i-derry Dando (70* d) RE: Lyr Add: Hob-i-derry Dando 19 Mar 17


Sorry to dig up this thread, but I've been looking in the Welsh newspaper archive for Hob Y Deri Dando lyrics and there are quite a few versions, although it isn't always clear that they are songs rather than poems.

This one seems fairly complete from 1894:

Bu'm yn caru lodes landeg
Hob a diri dando,
Beunydd ar ei hoi yn rhedeg-
Dyna ganu eto;
Tybiais hon yn rhosyn Saron-
Sian, fwyn Sian,
Troes yn waeth na dalen poethion-
Sian fwyn, mawr fu fy nghwyn
Am danat ti, fy ngeneth fwyn.

Ar ryw noswaith deg yn llawen-
Hob a diri dando,
Rhodiwn gyda'r feinir fwynwen-
Dyna ganu eto;
Rhoes fy mraich yn dyn am dani-
Sian, fwyn Sian,
Melus odiaeth oedd ei chwmni-
Sian fwyn, main yw dy drwyn,
Mae'th lygaid fel dwy seren fwyn.

Gwenai Sian yn lion a siriol-
Hob a diri dando,
Aethum innau yn fwy gwrol-
Dyna ganu eto;
Ac ymdrechais gyrhaedd cusan-
Sian, fwyn Sian,
Heb fawr feddwl digio'm rhian-
Sian fwyn, mawr fydd fy nghwyn
Os digio wnai, fy ngeneth fwyn.

Ond, cell, fi hi waeddai'n filain-
Hob a diri dando, "You have crushed my bonnet, villain"-
Dyna drwbwl eto;
Gwaeddais innau yn fy nghiedi,
Ow, Sian fwyn,
Aros mi rof dal am dani-
Sian fwyn, ystyria 'nghwyn,
Fe wnaf unpeth er dy fwyn.

Ar ei hoi canlynais encyd-
Hob a diri dando,
Gau dd'weyd, "Gwrando, fy anwvlyd"
Dyna ganu eto;
Dyma gefais i'm cysuro-
Ow, Sian fwyn,
"Now, begone, you clumsy fellow;"-
Sian fwyn, cam yw dy drwyn, Mae'th lygaid fel dwy ganwyll frwyn.

Wei, ffarwel y ferch dafod ddrwg-
Hob a diri dando,
Dim i mi yw'th wen a/th gilwg-
Dyna ganu eto;
Gallaf fyw yn eithaf hebot-
Sian, fwyn Sian,
Nid wy'n hidio nydwydd ynot-
Sian fwyn, gad fi i 'nghwyn,
Rhed dithau'n syth ar ol dy drwyn.

Ar fy mawd rhois glee yn wrol-
Hob a diri dando,
A dychwelais adre'n siriol-
Dyna ganu eto;
Cymerais Iw cyn myn'd i 'ngwely-
Sian, fwyn Sian,
Nad awn byth at ferch ond hyny-
Sian fwyn, darfu 'nghwyn
A'r cur a gefais er dy fwyn.

I. G. Ab DAFYDD.

I am no good at singing in Welsh, but this seems to fit the tune I know.

from here: http://newspapers.library.wales/view/3587374/3587387/29

I have also found much older uses of the phrase Hob Y Deri Dando but the structure of the song/poem seems different.


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