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Thread #170426   Message #4125400
Posted By: sian, west wales
06-Nov-21 - 10:29 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Llantwit Major (from Singing Together)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Llantwit Major (from Singing Together)
So sorry, Nigel, I just saw this as well as your PM to me. Just a few typos really:

O Mari, Mari cwyn,
Mae heddy’n fore mwyn,
Mae’r adar bach yn tiwnio,
A'r gwcw yn y llwyn
Hw ‘mlân! Hw ‘mlân! Hw!

O Mari lân dy foch,
Mae’n awr yn un o’r gloch,
Mae’n bryd i mi gael cinio
Ac amser bwydo’r moch.
Hw ‘mlân! Hw ‘mlân! Hw!

O Mari, tyrd tua thre,
mae wedi amser te,
Fe ddaeth y da i’w godro
Gan frefu dros y lle.
Hw ‘mlân! Hw ‘mlân! Hw!

O Mari, daeth yr haf,
Mae heno’n noson braf
A ddoi di maes i gerdded
Oddi yma i Ffynnon Taf?
Hw ‘mlân! Hw ‘mlân! Hw!

I'm not sure if, many many years ago, we discussed the Ox-driving songs and the extremely interesting folk traditions attached to them. I kinda think we did ...

sian