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28 Feb 22 - 05:13 PM (#4138077) Subject: Origins: The Slender Boy From: Joe Offer A Welsh song, sung by Sarah Pavey https://ia800603.us.archive.org/30/items/songsoffournatio00boul/songsoffournatio00boul.pdf Page 132 THE SLENDER BOY. In the fair Vale of Clwyd in the days of my joy, Ere the primrose was over, I loved my slender boy, He was graceful as the willow, he was steadfast as the oak, Bitter tears wet my pillow for the plighted vows I broke. Brave Sir David came wooing with houses and land Though I cared not, I wed him, he was mine to command, I was queen of his treasure, I had homage everywhere, But my heart found no pleasure, and his love no dwelling there. With the spring comes the primrose to brighten Plas Draw,* But my life knows no springtime in the Vale of Clw}^d now. Oh ! a snare is ambition, foolish woman to destroy. All in vain my contrition, for I love my slender boy ! HAROLD BOULTON. * The pronunciation of this word in Welsh is nearer in the vowel sounds to the English o, w, than to a, w. |