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Thread #12909 Message #3919608
Posted By: GUEST,J M Anderson
24-Apr-18 - 09:06 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Sospan Fach / Sospan Vach
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Sospan Fach / Sospan Vach
According to Secondhandsongs.com, "an additional bridge was added circa 1911 by persons unknown referring to Dai Bach the soldier (which was possibly a mishearing of 'the solderer')", which would fit in with the Llanelli/Sosban connection. I don't know if he actually existed (again, a possibility) but there are at least two more verses concerning him:
Shwd grys oedd ganddo? (x3)
Un wen รข streipen las.
O hwp e mewn, Dai, (x3)
Mae'n gas ei weld o mas.
(as performed by Cerys Matthews)