I've been annoyed at myself since this morning for having posted a reply in rather bad tone. So - herewith my apologies. For the tone. It is annoying to see rather slap-dash articles on-line (if they ramble on and don't get the basics right, how dependable can they be?) but I don't have to get snippy ...

For information, there are at least 9 in the family of tunes known as Ffarwel Ned Pugh/Puw. The oldest published example was 1781. It was originally a dance tune but had lost the dance connection by the mid 1700s. Today, one of the versions is a very popular Plygain carol. Apparently there was an essay on it by A. Martin Freeman in the Welsh Folk Song Society Journal Vol iii, Part 3, 1937, but that's one I don't have so can't take this any farther.

Again, apologies. My mood also had something to do with Sunday Morning's unfortunate habit of following Saturday night. And a good Saturday night it was too.

sian