Lyr/Tune Add: Naw Map Harth / Nine Brave Boys

Subject: Lyr/Tune Add: NAW MAP HARTH/NINE BRAVE BOYS
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Date: 28 Feb 98 - 07:18 PM

NAW MAP HARTH

Gwrek wedhow esa war y onen gesys;
Naw map gollennek a y horf o denys.

Penpusorn:
Yn nansow yth esa 'n blejennow,
Telyn, gyttern, cymbal, tollcorn ha whybonel;
Mar whek ha pur, an kensa crowd a sen,
Yn nansow yth esa'n blejennow.

Try anedha o morwesyon harth;
Kellys yn casvor, encledhys yn mordarth.

Try anedha o casoryon len;
Rak sols serjont ledhys yn tyr estren.

Try anedha o stennoryon yn whel;
Y kemeryns cleves skevens hag y whrussons y merwel.

An naw map harth yndella o merwys;
Ha'n wrek wedhow esa war y onen gesys.

NINE BRAVE BOYS

There was a widow all forlorn,
Nine brave boys from her body were born.

Refrain:
Flowers that were in the valley
The harp, the lute, the fife, the flute and the cymbal,
Sweet goes the treble violin
Flowers that were in the valley.

Three of them were seamen so brave,
Lost in battle, given a watery grave.

Three of them were soldiers bold,
For the sergeants shilling their lives they sold.

Three of them were tinners fine,
Taken with consumption and dead before their time.

And that was the end of the nine brave boys,
Leaving the widow all forlorn.

This song has been reconstructed by Mervyn Davey from a manuscript sent to Cecil Sharp by a W. Gilbert who noted it from Thomas Williams of St. Mawgan in Pydar who died in 1881. Baring Gold also noted the song from two people but there seemed to be two songs confused together by the singers. Which is why Mervyn chose the Cecil Sharp MSS.

Agas Dyw gans mos hwi
BAZ

MIDI file: 9BRAVE.MID

Timebase: 480

Tempo: 160 (375000 microsec/crotchet)
Key: G
TimeSig: 4/4 48 8
Name: NINE BRAVE BOYS (NAW MAP HARTH)
Text: S:MERVYN DAVEY
Start
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This program is worth the effort of learning it.

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ABC format:

X:1
T:NINE BRAVE BOYS (NAW MAP HARTH)
M:4/4
Q:1/4=80
K:G
D2DDAAAB|cdB2A4|D2DDAAAB|cdBGA3D|D2FGA2GF|
E4D3D|c3DB3D|c3DA2GF|E4D3D|d3dc3B|ABcBA3D|
D2FGA2GF|E4D4||