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Thread #94810 Message #1838131
Posted By: sian, west wales
19-Sep-06 - 06:33 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req: I am a Young Maiden/Cainc y Medelwr
Subject: RE: Tune Req: I am a Young Maiden/Cainc y Medelwr
'Cainc' can be translated in branch, but only in a botanical context. In music, it is 'strain' as in 'tune' or 'air'.
It isn't in the 19th century collection "Welsh Airs" either. I don't recognize it outright from the above link but I'm not an instrumentalist and there are a lot of tunes which I haven't come across. I'll ask around.