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Thread #167120 Message #4030967
Posted By: Jim Dixon
29-Jan-20 - 09:01 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: David of the White Rock
Subject: Lyr Add: DAVID OF THE WHITE ROCK (Ceiriog Hughes)
These are the lyrics quoted by Helen above (but still not the ones the original poster wanted). I found them at a website called song-archive.livejournal.com. Attribution is also copied from there:
DAVID OF THE WHITE ROCK / DAFYDD Y GARREG WEN Melody: anon./trad. / David Owen (1712-1741) Lyrics: Ceiriog Hughes (1832-1887) Origin: Welsh
Bring me, said David, the harp I adore; I long, ere death calls me, to play it once more. Help me to reach my belov'd strings again; On widow and children, God's blessing remain.
Last night I heard a kind angel thus say, "David fly home on the wings of thy lay". Harp of my youth, and thy music, adieu; Widow and children, God's blessing on you.
'Cariwch,' medd Dafydd, 'fy nhelyn i mi, Ceisiaf cyn marw roi tôn arni hi. Codwch fy nwylo i gyrraedd y tant Duw a'ch bendithio, fy ngweddw a'm plant.'
'Neithiwr mi glywais lais angel fel hyn, "Dafydd, tyrd adref a chwarae trwy'r glyn," Delyn fy mebyd, ffarwel i dy dant, Duw a'ch bendithio, fy ngweddw a'm plant.