Lyr Req: Welsh Song - Land of Our Fathers

Subject: Welsh Song
From: GUEST,Ro1sin
Date: 12 Oct 01 - 01:42 PM

does any one havwe the words for " Land Of Our Fathers "

thanks again

Ron

Ps I hope all are well

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Welsh Song
From: GUEST,The_one_and_only_dai_at_home
Date: 12 Oct 01 - 03:01 PM

Do a web search on 'Hen Gwlad fy nhadau' - sorry i don't have time now but I do like to help :-)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Welsh Song
From: MMario
Date: 12 Oct 01 - 03:16 PM

english and welsh

Subject: ADD: Land of Our Fathers (Welsh)
From:
Date: 13 Oct 01 - 01:38 PM

yes i have the words to land of my fathers....of cource i do...I'M WELSH! here it is;


O land of my fathers O land of my love
Dear mother of minstrels who kindle and move
And hero on hero who at honors proud call
For freedom their lifeblood let fall
Wales Wales oh but my heart is with you
As long as the sea,
Your bulwark shall be
To Cymru my heart shall be true.

O land of the mountains, the bard's paradise,
Whose precipice, valleys lone as the skies,
Green murmuring forest, far echoing flood
Fire the fancy and quicken the blood
Wales Wales oh but my heart is with you
As long as the see,
Your bulwark shall be
To Cymru my tongue shall be true.

For tho' the fierce foeman has ravaged your realm,
The old speech of Cymru he cannot o'erwhelm,
Our passionate poets to silence command
Or banish the harp from your strand.
Wales Wales oh but my heart is with you
As long as the see,
Your bulwark shall be
To Cymru my tongue shall be true.


enjoy! from;rachael

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Welsh Song
From: masato sakurai
Date: 13 Oct 01 - 02:10 PM

Welsh Midi Files & Lyrics, of course, has "My Hen Wlad fy Nhadau" (is this name a notational difference?) in it, but no English words because, it says, "English words exist. However, I decline to provide them. This song is intended to be sung in Welsh. To sing it in English would be an insult to the Welsh and the Welsh language," adding "It is believed that a weaver from Mid Glamorgan, Evan James, wrote the words one morning in January 1856 to a tune composed by his son James James. The date of the song's adoption as the national anthem is subject to debate, but it is known that the tune was given prominence in 1874, and since that date has been considered the song which expresses Welsh nationalism."

~Masato

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Welsh Song
From: breezy
Date: 13 Oct 01 - 03:30 PM

diolch.