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Thread #167120 Message #4098677
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
21-Mar-21 - 04:18 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: David of the White Rock
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: David of the White Rock
Words essentially as above. But as the comments here are about learning this at school, I thought I would post the version from 'Singing Together' with tune from the same source:
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DAVID OF THE WHITE ROCK Dafydd y garreg wen (Welsh)
David the bard on his bed of death lies. Pale are his features and dim are his eyes. Yet all around him his glance wildly roves Till it alights on the harp that he loves.
Give me my harp, my companion so long. Let it once more add its voice to my song. Though my old fingers are palsied and weak, Still my good harp for its master will speak.
Often the hearts of our chiefs it has stirred, When its loud summons to battle was heard; Harp of my country, dear harp of the brave, Let thy last notes hover over my grave.
X: 1 T:Dafydd y garreg wen M:3/4 L:1/4 S: Singing Together Summer 1953 Z: NP 21 March 2021 K:Em (E/B/) (A/G/) (F/E/) | E ^D E | (B,/^D/) (F/A/) (G/F/)| G3 | Eed | c (B/A/) B | G (B/A/) (G/F/) | G3 | GBd | A (G/F/) (E/^D/) | (E/F/) (G/E/) (A/G/) | (GF2) | (E/G/) (B/^d/) (e/c/) | (B/A/) (G/F/) G | (F3//2G//) E ^D | E3 || w: Da_vid_ the_ bard on his bed_ of_ death_ lies. Pale are his fea-tures_ and dim are_ his_ eyes. Yet all a-round him_ his_ glance_ wild_ly_ roves_ Till_ it_ a_lights_ on_ the harp_ that he loves.
Sourced from "Singing Together" Summer Term 1953, from the BBC Broadcasts for Schools series. Noted there as From 'The National Song Book' (Boosey & Hawkes Ltd) As ever, the tune may be seen as a PDF, or heard as a Midi by copying the above (from 'X:1' to 'loves') into an ABC converter such as the one at Mandolintab NP