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Thread #37400   Message #3296082
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
25-Jan-12 - 11:55 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Hob-i-derry Dando
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hob-i-derry Dando
I have a book of Welsh songs published by the band Mabsant. Their version of Hob y Deri Dando is a song about being in love with a woman named Sian. That 'Johnny vac van' line is actually 'Siani fach fwyn.' I think it means 'small, fair Sian.'

(I'm pretty sure that Welsh f is pronounced like English v.)