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Dacw 'Nghariad i Lawr Yn Y Berllan (ft. Ethno England 2016)

from The World is Like a Crazy Goat by Worldwide Welshman

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A classic Welsh folk song. According to the internet, it was collected in 1908 in Cardiff by Mrs Mary Davies, apparently heard from Thomas Elias, "Y Bardd Coch", in 1828...but everyone might well be copy & pasting from one another, as I'm doing, so I'd like to find out more.

Translation:
"There is my sweetheart down in the orchard,
Oh if only I were there myself,
There is the house and there is the barn
There is the door of the cowshed open.

There's the oak tree, gallant/glorious, [with lots of big branches]
[The look of it] is very starry/royal/glorious
I will wait under its shadow shade
Until my love comes to meet me.

There is the harp, there are the strings;
What better am I, without anyone to play her for?
There’s the [fair maiden], [delicate/meticulous/neat/detailed]
What nearer am I, without having (winning) her mind (i.e. her affection)?"

lyrics

Dacw 'nghariad i lawr yn y berllan
Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal
O na bawn i yno fy hunan,
Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal
Dacw'r tŷ, a dacw'r 'sgubor
Dacw ddrws y beudy'n agor
Ffaldi radl didl dal, ffaldi radl didl dal
Tw rym di ro rym di radl didl dal

Dacw’r dderwen wych ganghennog
Golwg arni sydd dra serchog
Mi arhosaf 'dan ei chysgod
Nes daw 'nghariad i 'ngyfarfod

Dacw'r delyn, dacw'r tannau
Beth wyf gwell, heb neb i'w chwarae
Dacw'r feinwen hoenus fanwl
Beth wyf well heb gael ei meddwl?

Translation:
There is my sweetheart down in the orchard,
Oh how I wish I were there myself,
There is the house and there is the barn;
There is the door of the cow house open.
 
There is the gallant, branching oak,
A vision, lovingly crowned.
I will wait in her shade/in its shadow
Until my love comes to meet me.
 
There is the harp, there are her strings;
What better am I, without anyone to play her for? / what's the use with no one to play it
There’s the delicate /dainty fair maiden, exquisite and full of life;
What nearer am I, without having her attention?

6. Dacw Nghariad i Lawr Yn Y Berllan ft. Ethno England 2016

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from The World is Like a Crazy Goat, released October 18, 2018
Trad, arranged by LSR & the Ethno England Folk Ensemble 2016
Recorded, mixed & mastered in Oxford by Nikó Brian
Re-produced courtesy of Upcycled Sounds
Sheep recorded in Betws-y-Coed by LSR
Soloists:
Malfliet (Belgium) – accordion
Lewis Williamson (Scotland) – fiddle
Charlotte Robinson (England) – penny whistle

"Worldwide Welshsheep" painting by LSR

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