Oh - I get what you mean about 9 now. Actually, passing notes aren't all that common in Welsh song; 2 occasionally, but proper melissmas are rare.

Yeh, tyrd is North Walian. No, it's pronounced with the 'ee' and a rolled 'r' ... although in my Dad's part of N Wales it came out more or less like "tid". "Ty'd 'ma" would be used to tell a child to 'come here'. Much better than 'turd' I would think. Or, try singing it as tird. When I say 'rolled r' I really mean more of a fluttered 'r' - it's more at the front of the mouth than back in the throat, as the French might do.

sian