I can't find it in Blodau'r Grug, Cadw Twmpath or Alawon John Thomas (the latter with over 400 tunes of the 18th century). I'll check Alawon fy Ngwlad later on.

It sounds like a tune, rather than a song; I usually think of 'cainc' as referring to a harp or crwth tune, but I may be wrong. The Welsh translates as "The Strain of the Reaper".

Can you tell us where you found it and, if possible, the Welsh words?

With luck, Dr Price will see this and have some ideas. If not, and if you give me a couple of days, I can send out an e-mail to our musicians and see if anyone knows anything.

sian