Farfarwell Fo I Langyfelach Lon (Julie Murphy)

Subject: RE: Farfarwell Fo I Langyfelach Lon (Julie Murphy)
From: RunrigFan
Date: 12 Feb 21 - 09:08 PM

English

Farewell to gay Llangyfelach
And all the young girls;
I'm going to see which is better,
The faraway lands or my own country

Onwards I marched
Until I came to Cowbridge town,
And there they were, all full of fun,
Enlisting men to the Duke of York

I turned my head and went into a house
Where silver and gold were flowing free,
The drums and fifes carried the tune –
And I enlisted in the Light Dragoons.

After I'd marched up to London,
We were pressed to a hard duty,
To handle the gun and the naked sword,
The lead bullets and the hot [gun] powder

A despatch came very early in the morning,
Another came that afternoon:
That the English fleet was sailing out
Over the blue ocean to do battle.

Farewell my father and my dear mother,
Who have nurtured me and brought me up
Most tenderly in a pure home,
And a hundred farewells to the pretty girls

If some should ask who made this song,
Tell them it was a pretty young girl
Who is praying, night and day,
For her darling sweetheart to be set free.

After I'd waited a long time
He was freed, I'm telling the truth;
He returned to his native home,
I was able to plant a kiss on his lips

He brought a great store ofmoney with him
From the far countries across the sea,
And the first thing he did, out of love [for me]
Was to search for his dear girl.

A priest was quickly sent for
To bind we two as one;
We'll live in plenty all our lives,
And I'll sleep in his arms each night.

Take counsel, merry girls,
If your love should go across the sea:
Not to wander in some foolish caprice
But to be true till he returns.

I had the chance, many a time,
To take a sweetheart, six or seven,
But believe you me, it was much better
To remember my boy in the faraway lands.

He took my heart away with him,
But gave his own in its place
It was love’s sweet law of attraction
That made our dear hearts as one.

Subject: RE: Farfarwell Fo I Langyfelach Lon (Julie Murphy)
From: RunrigFan
Date: 12 Feb 21 - 05:39 PM

add my thread here. I rushed to post :(

Subject: Lyr Add: Ffarwel fo i Langyfelach Lon
From: RunrigFan
Date: 12 Feb 21 - 05:37 PM

Ffarwel Fo i Langyfelach Lon
Peiriant Recordio Cynnar.
Peiriant Recordio Cynnar.
Ffarwel fo i Langyfelach Ion,
A'r merched ieuainc i gyd o'r bron;
'Rwy'n mynd i dreio pa un sydd well,
Ai 'ngwlad fy hun neu'r gwledydd pell.

A martsio wnes i yn y blaen
Nes imi ddod i dre Pont–faen,
Ac yno 'eddent, yn fawr eu sbort,
Yn listio' gwyr at y Duke of York.

Mi drois fy mhen ac i ryw dy,
Yr aur a'r arian oedd yno'n ffri,
Y dryms a'r ffeiffs yn cario'r swn –
A listio wnes at y Light Dragoon.

'Rôl imi fartsio i Lundain fry,
Diwti caled ddaeth arnom ni,
Sef handlo'r dryll a'r cleddyf noeth,
Y bwlets plwm a'r powdwr poeth.

Fe ddaeth despatch yn fore iawn,
A daeth un arall y prynhawn,
Fod yr English fleet yn hwylio i ma's
I frwydr dros y moroedd glas.

Ffarwel fy nhad a'm hannwyl fam,
Sydd wedi'm magu a'm dwyn i'r Ian
Yn dyner iawn ar aelwyd Ian,
A chan ffarwel fo i'r merched glan.

Os hola rhai pwy wnaeth y gân,
Atebwch hwy mai merch fach lan
Sydd yn gweddïo nos a dydd
Am i'w hannwyl gariad gael dod yn rhydd.

'RôI imi aros amser hir,
Yn rhydd y daeth, 'rwy'n dweud y gwir;
Dychwelodd ef i'w fro ei hun,
Ces roddi cusan ar ei fin.

Fe ddaeth ag arian ganddo'n stôr
O'r gwledydd pell tu draw i'r môr,
A'r cyntaf peth a wnaeth o'i serch
Oedd chwilio am ei annwyl ferch.

Offeiriad alwyd yno'n glau
I'n rhwymo ni yn un ein dau;
Cawn fyw mewn llwyddiant drwy ein ho(e)s,
A chysgaf rhwng ei freichiau'r nos.

Cymerwch gyngor, ferched llon,
Os aiff eich cariad dros y don:
I beidio rhodio'n wamal ffol,
Ond byddwch driw nes try yn ô1.

Mi gefais gynnig lawer gwaith,
Do, ar gariadon, chwech neu saith,
Ond, coeliwch fi, 'roedd ganmil gwell
Im gofio'r mab yn y gwledydd pell.

Fe aeth a'm calon gydag e',
Ond eiddo'i hun rodd yn ei lie,
A deddf atyniad cariad cun
A wnaeth ein c'lonnau bach yn un.

https://amgueddfa.cymru/casgliadau/caneuongwerin/?id=8

Navan. Cant tell what verses they sing



Other recordings

Edward H Dafis
Berti Stephens
Annie Ebrel and Julie Murphy
Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog

to name a few

Subject: RE: Farfarwell Fo I Langyfelach Lon (Julie Murphy)
From: GUEST
Date: 01 May 19 - 06:34 PM

Oh! Then she would have known my friends. Olwen turned 100 last year!

sian

Subject: RE: Farfarwell Fo I Langyfelach Lon (Julie Murphy)
From: GUEST
Date: 01 May 19 - 12:02 PM

Hi Siân, Bertie lived with my grandmother and died in 1978

Subject: RE: Farfarwell Fo I Langyfelach Lon (Julie Murphy)
From: sian, west wales
Date: 20 Apr 07 - 04:34 AM

OK - the ones at the link given by Chris are verses 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,11,and 12 so I guess we might as well make it a full set:

4
'Ro^l imi fartsio i Lundain fry,
Diwti caled ddaeth arnom ni,
Sef handlo'r dryll a'r cleddyf noeth,
Y bwlets plwm a'r powdwr poeth.
Ffa la la ...

9.
Fe ddaeth ag arian ganddo'n sto^r
O'r gwledydd pell tu draw i'r mo^r,
A'r cyntaf peth a wnaeth o'i serch
Oedd chwilio am ei annwyl ferch.
Ffa la la ...

10.
Offeiriad alwyd yno'n glau
I'n rhwymo ni yn un ein dau;
Cawn fyw mewn llwyddiant drwy ein hoes,
A chysgaf rhwng ei freichiau'r nos.
Ffa la la ...

13.
Fe aeth a^'m calon gydag e',
Ond eiddo'i hun rodd yn ei le,
A deddf atyniad cariad cun
A wnaeth ein c'lonnau bach yn un.

And for those who like the 'science' bits:

On Museum of Welsh History, tape 456, recorded 25.1.62 at Llangeitho; singer, Bertie Stephens. From "Caneuon Llafar Gwlad": On this occasion the singer sang Stanzas 1-6 only, which comprise the logical selection for a male singer, but he recorded nine stanzas for the Museum four years later. In the present publication the text in full is derived from the volume, "Caneuon Serch, Hen a Diweddar" (Love Songs, Old and Recent). The ballad is supposedly delivered by a woman who was formerly the sweetheart of a Welsh soldier. Stanzas 1-6 give the contents of a farewell letter from the soldier, who is newly enlisted in the Light Dragoons, and about to sail overseas with the English fleet. The remaining stanzas tell of the sweetheart's patient wait, the soldier's eventual return, and their ensuing marriage. For some generations this ballad, or perhaps just the first half of it, was highly popular all over Wales. (North Wales had a text variant of its own, substituting 'Caernarfon' for 'Llangyfelach' - the latter is actually near Swansea in Glamorgan.) Stanzas 1-7 (or 8) are known to have appeared on nineteenth-century 'ballad' leaflets. The author was James Turberville (?18th - 19th century, a.k.a. Siemsyn Twrbil) of Glamorgan - quite possibly this was the versifier described in T.C.Evans' History of Llangynwyd (1887) as an itinerant weaver who lived for a considerable period in the parish of Llangynwyd (i.e. in the Maesteg area, east of Port Talbot)

I think that's about all I have on it.

Oh, except that the Bertie Stephens mentioned above recorded an impressive number of songs and had a real balladeer's voice. Today we might be unkind and describe it as a 'strangulated' tenor, so high as to be almost castrate. But, thinking about it, it would be exactly the voice you might need to produce to carry over the noise of a market day or very noisy tavern. Bertie only died in the ... late 1960's? ... and his cousins, one of whom lives in Toronto, are friends of mine.

sian

Subject: RE: Farfarwell Fo I Langyfelach Lon (Julie Murphy)
From: Chris in Portland
Date: 20 Apr 07 - 12:02 AM

http://www.caneuongwerin.co.uk/llangyfelach.html

here are some more words and a midi - this is a great site for Welsh folk songs and hymns - see my favs - Lleucu Llwyd, Hogyn Pren, a
Anti Henrietta o Chicago

Chris o Chicago

Subject: RE: Farfarwell Fo I Langyfelach Lon (Julie Murphy)
From:
Date: 19 Apr 07 - 07:42 PM

Thanks Sian for sharing!!

Subject: RE: Farfarwell Fo I Langyfelach Lon (Julie Murphy)
From: sian, west wales
Date: 19 Apr 07 - 03:59 PM

It's a long one and I'm not sure which ones Julie sings (not many people sing them all) but here are some:

Ffarwel fo i Langyfelach lon,
A'r merched ieuainc i gyd o'r bron;
'Rwy'n mynd i dreio pa un sydd well,
Ai'm wlad fy hun, neu'r gwledydd pell.
Ffa la la la la la, ffa la la la la.

Martsio wnes i yn y blaen
Nes i mi ddod i dre' Pontfaen,
Ac yno 'roeddent fawr eu sbort
Yn listio'r gwy^r at y "Duke of York".
Ffa la la ...

Mi drois fy mhen ac i ryw dy^;
Yr aur a'r arian oedd yno'n free,
Y Drums a'r Fifes yn cario'r swn,
A listio wnes at y "Light Dragoon".
Ffa la la ...

Ffarwel fy nhad a'm hannwyl fam,
Sydd wedi'm magu a'm dwyn i'r lan,
Yn dyner iawn ar aelwyd la^n; -
A chan ffarwel fo i'r merched gla^n.
Ffa la la

Os hola rhai pwy wnaeth y ga^n,
Atebwch hwy mai merch fach la^n
Sydd yn gweddio nos a dydd
Am i'w hannwyl gariad gael dod yn rhydd.
Ffa la la ...

Cymerwch gyngor, ferched llon,
Os aiff eich cariad dros y don,
I beidio rhodio'n wamal ffo^l,
Ond byddwch driw nes try yn o^l.
Ffa la la ...

These are verses 1,2,3,6,7 and 12. Oh, and the ^s are to be put over the preceding vowels, OK?

sian

Subject: RE: Farfarwell Fo I Langyfelach Lon (Julie Murphy)
From: leeneia
Date: 19 Apr 07 - 03:43 PM

What exactly are you looking for? I have a book with the words in Welsh and a translation (not rhythmic or rhyming) in English. The book is "Mabsant - A collection of popular Welsh folk songs." Mabsant was a band.

It is "Ffarwel i Langyfelach Lon"

Subject: RE: Farfarwell Fo I Langyfelach Lon (Julie Murphy)
From: MMario
Date: 19 Apr 07 - 03:23 PM

There are some lyrics on her home page but not that one.

Subject: RE: Farfarwell Fo I Langyfelach Lon (Julie Murphy)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 19 Apr 07 - 03:14 PM

Refresh - I transferred the above messages from the "Gaelic Lyrics" thread.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Gaelic Lyrics
From: GUEST
Date: 19 Apr 07 - 06:30 AM

that looks like a Welsh title; better start a new thread or refresh a Welsh lyric thread!

Subject: RE: Gaelic Lyrics
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Apr 07 - 02:39 PM

does anyone have the lyrics for Farfarwell Fo I Langyfelach Lon by Julie Murphy?