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Thread #28292   Message #3211327
Posted By: GUEST,ceri rhys matthews
23-Aug-11 - 07:25 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Cowboi / Ton, Ton, Ton!
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Cowboi
hello. hope this helps. the words and tune were noted by iolo morgannwg (edward williams) sometime around the turn of the eighteenth/nineteenth century. the dialect is from glamorganshire (south east welsh). iolo's original orthography, given here (before welsh was standardised) gives a feel for pronunciation and stress

Cân crottyn y gwartheg

Mae geni fuwch wynebwen lwyd, ie fyth wynebwen lwyd

Mae genni fuwch wynebwen lwyd, hi aiff i'r glwyd i ddydwi

A'r iar fach yn glaf ar lo, ie fyth yn glaf ar lo
A'r iar fach yn glaf ar lo, nid aiff o nghof i eleni



Ton ton ton dyri ton ton ton, dyri &c



Saith o adar mân y to, ie fyth, o fân y to
Saith o adar mân y to, yn ffraeo wrth towlu disiau

A'r gyrlluan ai phig gam, ie'r gyrlluan ai phig gam

A'r gyrlluan ai phig gam, yn chwerthin am eu pennau.



Mae genni 'sgyfarnog gotta goch, ie fyth un gotta goch,

Mae genni 'sgyfarnog gotta goch, a dwy gloch wrthi'n canu

A dau faen melin yw ei phwn, ie dau faen melin yw ei phwn 

A dau faen melin yw ei phwn, yn maeddu milgwn Cymru



I have a grey, white-faced cow, yes, always a grey, white-faced cow
I have a grey, white-faced cow she goes to the gate to lay [eggs]

And the small hen sitting on the calf yes, always sitting on the calf
And the small hen sitting on the calf, it [the vision] won't go from my head this year


Seven small sparrows, yes, always seven small sparrows
Seven small sparrows, quarrelling and throwing plates

And the curlew with its crooked beak laughing at their heads


I've got a short red hare and two ringing bells with it

And two millstones are it's burden
Beating the greyhounds of wales