[Despite my hard drive and image software I still can't be sure of the Cronfa scans. Is this what it says on Cronfa page 123? The asterisks are the worst bits, where I can't even guess what it says]
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From J.Parry (Bardd* Alwe)'s Welsh Harper Vol.II No.115, but identical with the one noted in the Jenkins Cer*i MSS under the name "Mentra Gwen, *bel vi *cenle* yn *y *Gogleble" [i.e. Venture Gwen, as sung in N. Welsh). In the same volume of the Welsh Harper, No. 175, "Cwyn y Yorwyn" is Jenkins "Mentra Gwen Dek*oularth" i.e. the South Wales form of the same tune. It is very similar to the well-known "Gyda'r Wawr" arranged by John Thomas (Penc*rdd Gw***), the famous harpist, for Cramer's Songs of Wales. In the Welsh Harper the S. Wales form has two of the lines lengthened, probably by Parry, who was rather given to too much "editing" of the traditional tunes.
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[The correct names of the personages and their books is what I need for my ABC. And are these

lyrics correct? "Failing to walk the earth" is a cool spooky line, if that's what he says.]
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X:GWEN8
T:Mentra Gwen, nea Cwnfau Y Wraig Weddw
T:Venture Gwen, or The Plaint of the Widow
W:The gentle beloved maid, Venture Gwen, Venture Gwen,
W:Where I have placed my love, Venture Gwen,
W:'Cause I'm a man in sorrow,
W:Failing to walk the earth,
W:For the love of thee, sweet maiden, Venture Gwen, Venture Gwen.
M:4/4
L:1/8
A:Wales
H:J.Parry
B:Welsh Harper Vol.II No.115
B:The Journal of Welsh Folksong Vol.II, 1919, part II, page 123.
S: 18th June 2004
S:
Z:transcribed by David Kidd, davidkidd.net, June 2004
Q:130
K:Gm
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