Lyr Add: In the Vale of Llangollen

15 Nov 13 - 05:00 PM (#3576037)
Subject: Lyr Add: In the Vale of Llangollen
From: Nigel Parsons

IN THE VALE OF LLANGOLLEN
English words A.P.Graves

In the vale of Llangollen the story runs still
Of a hapless old harper who dwelt on the hill,
Till his harp "bite and sup" could so seldom provide
That in cold, cruel want and starvation he died.
Yet his funeral feast was so plenteous a store
'Twould have kept him alive for a twelvemonth or more.

His slighted harp vanished, yet oft, 'tis averred,
On Glyn's mountain height its lone music is heard.
The Marsh Goblin flashes his torch on the strings,
As their old master strikes them and mournfully sings:
"To God's famished poor carry comfort and cheer,
If the harps of his angels you ever would hear!"

X: 1
T: Llangollen Vale
M: 3/4
L: 1/4
C: Traditional
Z: NP 45/11/2011
K: Ab
E3/4 E/4| AAA| A (c/B/) (A/B/) | cc (c3/4 d/4)| c2 B/ B/ | c3/2 d/ e| e d c | (B3/4c/4) AG| A2 E3/4 E/4| (A/B/) (c/B/) (A/G/)| FFF| (B/c/) (d/c/) (B/A/)|(AG) E3/4 E/4 | (A/B/) (c/B/) (A/G/) | FGA | (G3/4F/4) E =D| E2E3/4 E/4| (A/B/) (c/B/) (A/G/) | FFF | (B/c/) (d/c/) (B/A/) | (GE) E3/4 E/4| c3/2 d/ (e3/4 f/4) | edc| (B3/4c/4) AG | !fermata!A2||
w: In the vale of Llan-goll-en *the *sto-ry runs *still Of a hap-less old harp-er who dwelt *on the hill, Till his harp *"bite *and *sup" could so sel-*dom *pro-*vide *That in cold, *cru-*el *want and star-va-*tion he died. Yet his fu-*ne-*ral *feast was so plen-*teous *a *store *'Twould have kept him a-*live for a twelve-*month or more.


The National Song Book vol 1: Boosey & Co Ltd
NP

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15 Nov 13 - 05:04 PM (#3576038)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Yn Nyffryn Llangollen
From: Nigel Parsons

YN NYFFRYN LLANGOLLEN

Yn Nyffryn Llangollen ac ochor y Glyn,
Roedd gynt hen delynwr a'r hanes yw hyn:
Heb damaid I'w fwyta, na llymaid o ddw'r,
Mewn newyn ac eisieu, bu farw'r hen w'r:
Ond iw gladd edigaeth, gwirion edd oer yw.
Daeth digon o fwydydd iw gadw e'n fyw.

Ni welwyd mo'i delyn fyth fyth wedi hyn;
Ond clywir hi'n fynych ar Fynydd y Glyn.
Ym mysg y bwganod ran amlaf y bydd,
Mewn brwyn ac mewn corsydd yn cwynfan yn brudd:
"Os cnawd eto wisgwn ym myd dynol rŷw,
Rhoddwn damaidi'n gilydd tra byddom ni byw."


X: 1
T: Yn Nyffryn Llangollen
M: 3/4
L: 1/4
C: Traditional
Z: NP 45/11/2011
K: Ab
E| AAA| A (c/B/) (A/B/) | cc (c3/4 d/4)| c2 B | c3/2 d/ e| e d c | (B3/4c/4) AG| A2 E| (A/B/) (c/B/) (A/G/)| FFF| (B/c/) (d/c/) (B/A/)|(AG) E | (A/B/) (c/B/) (A/G/) | FGA | (G3/4F/4) E =D| E2 E| (A/B/) (c/B/) (A/G/) | FFF | (B/c/) (d/c/) (B/A/) | (GE) E| c3/2 d/ (e3/4 f/4) | edc| (B3/4c/4) AG | !fermata!A2||
w: Yn Nyff-ryn Llan-goll-en *ac *och-or y *Glyn, Roedd gynt hen del-yn-wr a'r han-*es yw hyn: Heb dam-*aid *i'w *fwyt-a, na llym-*aid *o *ddw'r, *Mewn new-*yn *ac *eis-ieu, bu far-*w'r hen w'r: Ond iw *gladd *ed-*ig-aeth, gwir-ion *edd *oer *yw. *Daeth dig-on o *fwyd-ydd iw gad-*w e'n fyw.



The National Song Book vol 1: Boosey & Co Ltd
NP

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15 Nov 13 - 05:09 PM (#3576039)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: In the Vale of Llangollen
From: Nigel Parsons

Posted in both English and Welsh. The source book for both is the same.
The tune has been included in each post as there are slight differences in scansion, and the music (as printed) made allowances for that.

Cheers

Nigel

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15 Nov 13 - 09:18 PM (#3576089)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: In the Vale of Llangollen
From: GUEST,leeneia

Thanks, Nigel. I listened to the tune after converting it to MIDI at the mandolin tab site. It's a good song.

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16 Nov 13 - 06:32 AM (#3576179)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: In the Vale of Llangollen
From: Nigel Parsons

Thanks,
I tried a couple of searches, but couldn't find it elsewhere, so I thought of the "Bank of Mudcat": Invest a little time to deposit lyrics or tunes here, and they will be safe deposited until you want them again.
If you get a little interest then that's a bonus :)

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24 Mar 25 - 04:45 AM (#4219691)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: In the Vale of Llangollen
From: GUEST

Good Morning, I'm very late to this thread but hopefully you still check in every now and again, I sang this as an 11 Yr old for a school eistedfodd; now 42 years later going to attempt it again!!

Do you have a clean score / sheet music the only one I can find is
https://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/national-songbook/national-songbook%20-%200288.htm

when I try to print it is almost unusable.

I'd really appreciate it and thanks for your time

Neil

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24 Mar 25 - 12:10 PM (#4219710)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: In the Vale of Llangollen
From: GUEST,Ed

GUEST,

The tune that Nigel posted is in ABC format. If you copy and paste your preferred version into an ABC converter such as this one:

maryanahata.co.uk/abcviewer.php

you will be able to save and print a high quality pdf file.

Hope that helps

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25 Mar 25 - 06:48 AM (#4219741)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: In the Vale of Llangollen
From: GUEST

Thanks so much

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25 Mar 25 - 09:06 AM (#4219752)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: In the Vale of Llangollen
From: GUEST

Thanks 'Guest:Ed' for covering that before I spotted the revived thread.

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25 Mar 25 - 05:57 PM (#4219781)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: In the Vale of Llangollen
From: sian, west wales

IIRC the TUNE is Y Grisial Grwnd - The Crystal Ground - a harp tune in the 1778 collection of tunes of Anglesey fiddler Morris Edwards. I thought it might be in Edward Jones' "Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards" as he republished a lot of stuff from Edwards' collection but I don't see it on a quick look. (Available on Google Books.)

sian

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