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Thread #111030   Message #2582186
Posted By: Phil Edwards
05-Mar-09 - 07:13 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Hob Y Derri Dando - Welsh Words
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hob Y Derri Dando - Welsh Words
Does anyone know how to make

Hwy gânt fynd i'r fynnon

scan over the nine-syllable metre of the third line of the tune (as in, "She drinks rum and she chews tobacco")? Even if you stretch "Hwy" into two syllables you're a couple short. "Hw-y ga-a-ant fynd i'r fynnon"?