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0:00:02 > 0:00:08- With a renewed interest - in traditional music...
0:00:10 > 0:00:13- ..18 performers - were invited to Fishguard...
0:00:13 > 0:00:17- ..to perform their favourite songs - and folk tunes.
0:00:19 > 0:00:24- Traditional music has been created - over a number of years.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27- It's been adapted - by different performers.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29- It really is honed.
0:00:35 > 0:00:40- Apart from being great songs, - some sound like contemporary songs.
0:00:43 > 0:00:48- That's when I started singing - folk songs in panic, thinking...
0:00:48 > 0:00:51- .."What if no-one recognises - these songs in 20 years' time?"
0:00:54 > 0:00:58- That's the origin - of the recent demand...
0:00:58 > 0:01:03- ..for music created in the land - and inspired by our surroundings.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12- What's the point in writing new - songs when such beautiful songs...
0:01:12 > 0:01:14- ..already exist in Wales?
0:01:15 > 0:01:18- It's high time - we celebrated the tradition.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29- Ryland Teifi
0:01:33 > 0:01:37- The folk-singing tradition - has always been in the family.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40- There was always a lot of singing.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44- My parents helped found - the Cnapan folk festival.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49- When I was growing up, all these - artists passed through the house.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- The Fureys, The Dubliners, - Davy Spillane...
0:01:52 > 0:01:56- ..as well as Ar Log, - Yr Hwntws, Plethyn.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59- It was part of my background.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03- I'm singing a song - called Rew-Di-Ranno...
0:02:04 > 0:02:06- ..Diofal Yw'r Aderyn.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08- I chose it because...
0:02:08 > 0:02:13- Well, like a lot of folk songs, - I remember them from my childhood.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17- I decided to play the bouzouki - and came up with something...
0:02:18 > 0:02:22- ..that reflected - the themes of the song.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46- # Carefree is the bird
0:02:46 > 0:02:48- # He reaps not a single grain
0:02:48 > 0:02:52- # Without a care in the world - He sings throughout the year
0:02:52 > 0:02:56- # Carefree is the bird, - He reaps not a single grain
0:02:56 > 0:03:01- # Without a care in the world - He sings throughout the year
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- # Dimilly-dimilly-dimilly-dimilly
0:03:06 > 0:03:07- # Dimilly-dimilly-dimilly-dimilly
0:03:07 > 0:03:09- # Dimilly-dimilly-dimilly-dimilly
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- # Rew-di-rew-di-ranno
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- # Rew-di-rew-di-ranno
0:03:13 > 0:03:18- # Without a care in the world - He sings throughout the year
0:03:40 > 0:03:44- # He sits on the branch - Looking at his wing
0:03:45 > 0:03:48- # Not a penny in his pocket - And he will still be merry
0:03:49 > 0:03:52- # He sits on the branch - Looking at his wing
0:03:53 > 0:03:57- # Not a penny in his pocket - And he will still be merry
0:04:00 > 0:04:01- # Dimilly-dimilly-dimilly-dimilly
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- # Dimilly-dimilly-dimilly-dimilly
0:04:04 > 0:04:05- # Dimilly-dimilly-dimilly-dimilly
0:04:05 > 0:04:07- # Rew-di-rew-di-ranno
0:04:08 > 0:04:09- # Rew-di-rew-di-ranno
0:04:09 > 0:04:15- # Not a penny in his pocket - And he will still be merry
0:04:36 > 0:04:41- # He will eat supper tonight - Not knowing where it'll come from
0:04:41 > 0:04:45- # That's how he lives - Leaving God to feed him
0:04:45 > 0:04:49- # He will eat supper tonight - Not knowing where it'll come from
0:04:49 > 0:04:53- # That's how he lives - Leaving God to feed him
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- # Dimilly-dimilly-dimilly-dimilly
0:04:58 > 0:05:00- # Dimilly-dimilly-dimilly-dimilly
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- # Dimilly-dimilly-dimilly-dimilly
0:05:02 > 0:05:03- # Rew-di-rew-di-ranno
0:05:04 > 0:05:06- # Rew-di-rew-di-ranno
0:05:06 > 0:05:10- # That's the way he lives - Leaving God to feed him #
0:05:40 > 0:05:42- Gwyneth Glyn
0:05:43 > 0:05:47- Singing folk songs is something - I've always taken for granted.
0:05:48 > 0:05:54- I remember hearing my father, not my - mother, because she's tone deaf!...
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- ..but my father would sing...
0:05:57 > 0:06:02- ..and there were records by Plethyn - and Meic Stevens around the house.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- My interest - has grown over the years.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- I came across Lloer Dirion...
0:06:09 > 0:06:15- ..in an ancient treasure trove - of folk music called iTunes!
0:06:17 > 0:06:19- I was searching for a song...
0:06:20 > 0:06:24- ..and I found a beautiful version - by Julie Murphy and Fernhill.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- I instantly fell in love with it.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32- I decided to change it - from the minor to the major key.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- I sing a version of it...
0:06:34 > 0:06:39- ..that's - slightly less traumatic and dark.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- # Tender moon
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- # Colour of the day
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- # In pain and penance
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- # In a dream I'm sombre
0:07:05 > 0:07:09- # Through the charm of some magic
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- # The heart is so weak
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- # I won't live long
0:07:15 > 0:07:19- # When I saw your face
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- # You wounded me like a sword
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- # I received a wound without knowing
0:07:25 > 0:07:27- # I am set apart
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- # Ready for my grave
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- # O Goddess, gentle and good
0:07:38 > 0:07:42- # Hear a wounded man
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- # O save my life
0:07:46 > 0:07:51- # Beautiful moon
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- # Colour of summer
0:08:20 > 0:08:24- # Some are intent
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- # On the things of the world
0:08:27 > 0:08:31- # But on the goodness - of a worthy moonlight
0:08:32 > 0:08:38- # I set my objective - clearly and completely
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- # If I had only you
0:08:43 > 0:08:46- # I would say surely
0:08:49 > 0:08:51- # That enough wealth
0:08:51 > 0:08:56- # That enough wealth
0:08:56 > 0:09:01- # That enough wealth
0:09:01 > 0:09:06- # Young girl
0:09:06 > 0:09:10- # I had #
0:09:27 > 0:09:31- Cass and I met years ago - in a Noson 4a6 gig in Caernarfon...
0:09:31 > 0:09:33- ..where we were both performing.
0:09:34 > 0:09:35- We got on instantly.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- I invited her - to play on my second album, Tonau.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- Her interpretation is instinctive.
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0:12:55 > 0:12:58- The song is called - Can Dyffryn Clettwr.
0:12:58 > 0:13:03- I first heard the song on a Julie - Murphy and Dylan Fowler's album...
0:13:03 > 0:13:05- ..called Ffawd.
0:13:06 > 0:13:07- This was on that album.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11- It's one of my favourite - traditional Welsh folk tunes.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15- I've always liked it.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21- Gareth Bonello.
0:13:21 > 0:13:26- The story is a familiar story - for traditional Welsh music.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31- Someone goes away to work on the sea - and longs for Wales or a lost love.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- That appealed to me - and the melody is wonderful.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37- I wanted to perform my own version.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41- I've been performing regularly - with Richard James.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- We perform a lot of acoustic music.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48- It was a good opportunity - to perform a folk song together.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03- # Yes, I spent some happy times
0:14:04 > 0:14:11- # In the school in Llw'r Dwen
0:14:11 > 0:14:17- # And by following the fishermen
0:14:18 > 0:14:24- # Along the River Clettwr
0:14:32 > 0:14:38- # I opposed the academics
0:14:38 > 0:14:45- # I became a prodigal son
0:14:45 > 0:14:52- # I became an unwed sailor
0:14:52 > 0:14:57- # Far from Dyffryn Clettwr
0:15:05 > 0:15:12- # On the first night, - heading to Bristol
0:15:12 > 0:15:19- # Sailing on the rough seas
0:15:19 > 0:15:26- # I shouted at choppy waters
0:15:26 > 0:15:32- # "Return me to Dyffryn Clettwr"
0:16:11 > 0:16:18- # The strong winds - became a gentle breeze
0:16:18 > 0:16:25- # The rough waves gave way - to a calm sea
0:16:25 > 0:16:32- # The sailor felt such a longing
0:16:32 > 0:16:38- # To return to Dyffryn Clettwr
0:16:45 > 0:16:51- # I am fond of old friends
0:16:52 > 0:16:59- # Jams Y Fadfa and John Blaen'lawon
0:16:59 > 0:17:05- # Sianco the blacksmith - and Twm the hewer
0:17:05 > 0:17:11- # All live in Dyffryn Clettwr
0:17:18 > 0:17:24- # The faithful sailor
0:17:25 > 0:17:31- # Wanted to return - from foreign climes
0:17:32 > 0:17:38- # Faster than the strongest winds
0:17:38 > 0:17:44- # To return to Dyffryn Clettwr
0:17:52 > 0:17:58- # He roamed across green meadows
0:17:58 > 0:18:05- # And embraced women fair and pure
0:18:05 > 0:18:11- # But the sailor would always choose
0:18:12 > 0:18:17- # A pure woman from Dyffryn Clettwr
0:18:19 > 0:18:26- # A pure woman - from Dyffryn Clettwr #
0:18:35 > 0:18:39- We've been performing together - for around seven years.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41- I was 13 when we met.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- I was 19 or 20!
0:18:44 > 0:18:49- That was weird - - playing with a young boy.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54- Angharad Jenkins.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56- Patrick Rimes.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59- We're two members of the band Calan.
0:18:59 > 0:19:04- We've started performing - more music together, as a duet.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08- It's nice being able to concentrate - on the two violins.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- I'm really enjoying it.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15- The experience of performing - with the same person for so long...
0:19:15 > 0:19:19- ..has helped us both - adapt our style.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23- We perform quite well together now.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58- When I was young, - I always listened to folk music...
0:22:58 > 0:23:01- ..and traditional Welsh music...
0:23:02 > 0:23:06- ..from being - at the eisteddfod and at school.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09- Then I heard Gwyneth Glyn's music...
0:23:09 > 0:23:14- ..which inspired me - to write my own music.
0:23:18 > 0:23:19- Kizzy Crawford
0:23:21 > 0:23:24- I'm singing Dafydd Y Garreg Wen.
0:23:24 > 0:23:29- I learnt this song from - listening to a CD of Welsh music...
0:23:30 > 0:23:32- ..which included - Bryn Terfel's version.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38- I love the way Bryn uses the words - and brings emotion to the song.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- That's why I chose the song.
0:23:43 > 0:23:49- I wanted to create the same effect - with me singing it...
0:23:49 > 0:23:51- ..if that's possible.
0:24:13 > 0:24:23- # Bring me my harp - was David's sad sigh
0:24:23 > 0:24:32- # I would play - one more tune before I die
0:24:33 > 0:24:41- # Help me, dear wife, - put the hands to the strings
0:24:42 > 0:24:52- # I wish my loved ones - the blessing God brings
0:24:55 > 0:25:04- # Last night an angel - called with heaven's breath
0:25:05 > 0:25:13- # David, play, - and come through the gates of death
0:25:14 > 0:25:23- # Farewell, faithful harp, - farewell to your strings
0:25:24 > 0:25:34- # I wish my loved ones - the blessing God brings
0:25:50 > 0:25:59- # Bring me my harp - was David's sad sigh
0:26:00 > 0:26:06- # I would play - one more tune before I die
0:26:07 > 0:26:15- # Help me, dear wife, - put the hands to the strings
0:26:16 > 0:26:24- # I wish my loved ones - the blessing God brings
0:26:26 > 0:26:34- # Last night an angel - called with heaven's breath
0:26:34 > 0:26:42- # David, play, - and come through the gates of death
0:26:43 > 0:26:51- # Farewell, faithful harp, - farewell to your strings
0:26:51 > 0:27:00- # I wish my loved ones - the blessing God brings
0:27:08 > 0:27:21- # I wish my loved ones - the blessing God brings #
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0:27:49 > 0:27:52- I've always enjoyed - playing the guitar.
0:27:52 > 0:27:57- I've started playing - more acoustic guitar music.
0:27:57 > 0:28:02- I took a keen interest in picking - the strings as opposed to strumming.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05- I started looking for inspiration.
0:28:05 > 0:28:10- I found Bob Dylan, Martin Carthy and - all the performers from the '60s.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14- Bert Jansch, - John Renbourn, John Fahey.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19- I've been enchanted - ever since I heard them perform.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23- I enjoy playing the guitar.
0:28:23 > 0:28:28- There's something about folk tunes - that suits my voice and personality.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31- I'm very comfortable - performing folk music.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34- The song is called Gwen Lliw'r Lili.
0:28:35 > 0:28:40- I found the song in a collection - of Maria Jane Williams's songs.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43- It was published - in the 1838 Eisteddfod.
0:28:43 > 0:28:48- Many traditional Welsh songs, - such as Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn...
0:28:48 > 0:28:50- ..are part of that collection.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54- I haven't heard anyone - sing this one before.
0:29:34 > 0:29:39- # Good day to lilywhite Gwen
0:29:39 > 0:29:43- # Today, I happened to see you
0:29:43 > 0:29:48- # You are the one I desire the most
0:29:48 > 0:29:52- # From all the women of the world
0:29:53 > 0:29:57- # Where are the promises
0:29:58 > 0:30:01- # And the love - that was once between us?
0:30:03 > 0:30:07- # Expressed to me was the colour
0:30:07 > 0:30:11- # Of the star that shone above
0:30:22 > 0:30:26- # The cuckoo is in full voice
0:30:27 > 0:30:31- # It can be heard across the meadows
0:30:31 > 0:30:36- # Happiness all around us
0:30:36 > 0:30:40- # On this fine summer's day
0:30:41 > 0:30:45- # Poetry in lush green fields
0:30:45 > 0:30:50- # The land will always inspire
0:30:50 > 0:30:54- # Stories of happiness in our lives
0:30:55 > 0:31:00- # The sweet melody of song #
0:31:48 > 0:31:50- I started on the piano - playing pop songs.
0:31:50 > 0:31:55- In my day, when I was a kid, - there was Rod Stewart and Leo Sayer.
0:31:56 > 0:32:01- I learned to play by ear, by hearing - the melodies and playing them.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03- I couldn't read music.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09- Bernard KilBride
0:32:09 > 0:32:12- My parents both played, - my dad played fiddle.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14- My mother played accordion.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19- As we grew up, there was - always folk music in the house.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22- The house was full on instruments.
0:32:22 > 0:32:26- Instead of playing with Lego, - we picked up instruments and played.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30- It's in the blood.
0:34:25 > 0:34:30- I don't usually perform - other people's songs.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32- This was a challenge for me.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40- Richard James.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42- The song is called Y Bachgen Main.
0:34:42 > 0:34:49- I found it in a book, a collection - of songs chosen by Roy Saer...
0:34:49 > 0:34:52- ..in 1994.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58- Gareth Bonello taught me the song.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01- It's a song about a young man.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04- His lover's mother - doesn't want her daughter...
0:35:05 > 0:35:07- ..to be with him because he's poor.
0:35:07 > 0:35:12- It's all about - how that relationship plays out.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26- # As I was walking in the winter
0:35:26 > 0:35:30- # It was Tuesday, - the last of the year
0:35:31 > 0:35:35- # In the quiet woods, in a low place
0:35:35 > 0:35:39- # I heard two women talking there
0:35:40 > 0:35:44- # And as I approached them - much closer
0:35:44 > 0:35:48- # And as by that place drew near
0:35:48 > 0:35:53- # Who was it talking, there together
0:35:53 > 0:35:57- # With her mother was my own dear
0:36:07 > 0:36:11- # Dear daughter, here you are
0:36:11 > 0:36:16- # With me, your hands free
0:36:16 > 0:36:20- # Pure of beauty and attractive
0:36:20 > 0:36:24- # I am going to find you a lover
0:36:24 > 0:36:28- # Mount the horse, my girl
0:36:28 > 0:36:33- # A respectable man to find
0:36:33 > 0:36:37- # And worldly goods of yellow gold
0:36:37 > 0:36:41- # And shining silver shall be yours
0:36:51 > 0:36:55- # If I should have - all silks of India
0:36:55 > 0:36:59- # Persian satins and gold of Peru
0:36:59 > 0:37:04- # I'd still like the boy - of my choosing
0:37:04 > 0:37:08- # And I wish to remain true
0:37:08 > 0:37:12- # If that 'tis your intention
0:37:12 > 0:37:16- # You can lie on a bed of thorns
0:37:17 > 0:37:21- # Believe me, - my words will grow bitter
0:37:21 > 0:37:25- # If you go with the slender lad
0:37:35 > 0:37:39- # With the slender lad - I'll surely wander
0:37:39 > 0:37:43- # I will tell you what is true
0:37:44 > 0:37:48- # I will leave the rest to misers
0:37:48 > 0:37:52- # I will venture - with the flower of my youth
0:37:52 > 0:37:56- # For his face - and hair's the fairest
0:37:56 > 0:38:00- # On his cheeks the roses charm
0:38:00 > 0:38:04- # Oh, blessed is the girl
0:38:05 > 0:38:09- # Who will be sleeping in his arms
0:38:19 > 0:38:23- # My lover sailed across the seas
0:38:23 > 0:38:27- # And left me on the shore
0:38:27 > 0:38:31- # The good Lord gave him - safe passage
0:38:31 > 0:38:36- # As he went on his way
0:38:36 > 0:38:39- # I won't cry or fret for him
0:38:40 > 0:38:44- # No tears as he goes
0:38:44 > 0:38:48- # If he one day returns to me
0:38:48 > 0:38:53- # I will be waiting for him
0:39:02 > 0:39:06- # In his handwriting, - I received a letter
0:39:07 > 0:39:11- # On its back a seal of wax
0:39:11 > 0:39:15- # Nothing would break my heart more
0:39:15 > 0:39:19- # But I read it day and night
0:39:19 > 0:39:23- # At the bottom, three letters
0:39:23 > 0:39:27- # That took away my hopes and dreams
0:39:28 > 0:39:32- # He will never return to see me
0:39:32 > 0:39:36- # These will send me to his grave #
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0:40:20 > 0:40:24- Traditional music has been created - over a number of years.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28- It's been adapted - by different performers.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31- It really is honed.
0:40:33 > 0:40:38- It's been crafted - by a community of musicians.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41- The songs haven't been written - by just one person.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48- Katell Keineg.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51- I've chosen - Ym Mhontypridd Mae 'Nghariad.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55- I first heard it - on the Edward H album...
0:40:55 > 0:40:58- ..Hen Ffordd Gymreig o Fyw.
0:40:58 > 0:41:04- I was a pupil at Ysgol Rhydfelen, - just outside Pontypridd.
0:41:05 > 0:41:11- It was nice to hear a traditional - song written about my locality.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14- It's a romantic song.
0:41:14 > 0:41:19- I used to imagine a farm - by the river Taff.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25- I like Edward H's version.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29- I've always wanted to sing it - and now I have.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33- I've tried to whistle - the Edward H guitar solo...
0:41:33 > 0:41:36- ..since I can't play the solo.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39- This is my homage to them.
0:41:50 > 0:41:55- # My lover is in Pontypridd
0:41:55 > 0:42:01- # My intention is in Pontypridd
0:42:01 > 0:42:06- # A young man lives in Pontypridd
0:42:07 > 0:42:12- # I wish to take him - before the priest
0:42:33 > 0:42:38- # I'll spend today one shilling
0:42:38 > 0:42:43- # I'll spend tomorrow two shillings
0:42:44 > 0:42:48- # And before I lose - his mother's son
0:42:49 > 0:42:54- # I'll try for the three shillings
0:43:16 > 0:43:21- # I have heard many songs
0:43:21 > 0:43:27- # I have seen many intentions
0:43:27 > 0:43:32- # I have seen many pure young men
0:43:32 > 0:43:38- # But none as pure as my love
0:44:03 > 0:44:08- # My cottage is near the river
0:44:08 > 0:44:14- # I have dairy cattle
0:44:14 > 0:44:19- # I have a farm on the banks - of the Taff
0:44:19 > 0:44:28- # Oh, come to me, my love #
0:44:34 > 0:44:37- I started off with Irish music...
0:44:37 > 0:44:41- ..but I was interested...
0:44:41 > 0:44:45- ..in finding out - what Welsh music had to offer.
0:44:50 > 0:44:52- Oliver Wilson-Dickson
0:44:53 > 0:44:55- I've realized...
0:44:55 > 0:45:02- ..that there are - many beautiful melodies...
0:45:02 > 0:45:04- ..in the Welsh tradition.
0:45:04 > 0:45:07- I started from there.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08- Gwenan Gibbard.
0:48:08 > 0:48:11- I've chosen to perform - Adar Man y Mynydd.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14- It's a song - from the Ffestiniog area...
0:48:15 > 0:48:20- ..that was chronicled at - the beginning of the 20th century...
0:48:21 > 0:48:22- ..by John Morris.
0:48:22 > 0:48:26- In the song, - a bird is sent as a messenger.
0:48:26 > 0:48:30- I'm very fond of the song. - I've been singing it for many years.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32- I'm glad I can sing it for you.
0:48:37 > 0:48:42- # The nightingale and the lark
0:48:42 > 0:48:47- # And the little birds - of the mountain
0:48:47 > 0:48:54- # Will you carry a message - to a fair one
0:48:55 > 0:49:02- # Who is suffering some new fever?
0:49:07 > 0:49:12- # I have no gifts
0:49:12 > 0:49:17- # Or expensive jewels to send
0:49:18 > 0:49:24- # To bring to mind - the one who loves you
0:49:25 > 0:49:31- # Just a pair of white gloves
0:49:33 > 0:49:37- # The little birds departed
0:49:37 > 0:49:42- # They flew on their long journey
0:49:42 > 0:49:48- # And beside Gwen's bed
0:49:48 > 0:49:55- # They sang high up on a branch
0:49:57 > 0:50:03- # Fair Gwen said
0:50:04 > 0:50:09- # "What is that bird?
0:50:09 > 0:50:16- # "That sings so sweetly
0:50:16 > 0:50:24- # "And I'm so weak"
0:50:29 > 0:50:33- # "Truly, we are messengers
0:50:34 > 0:50:39- # "From the one who loves you
0:50:39 > 0:50:44- # "He wants to know how you are
0:50:44 > 0:50:52- # "And whether you - are getting better"
0:51:36 > 0:51:41- # "Oh, tell him quietly
0:51:41 > 0:51:47- # "That I will not live long
0:51:47 > 0:51:54- # "Before the end of summer, sadly
0:51:55 > 0:52:05- # "I'll be buried in the earth" #
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0:52:47 > 0:52:51- Huw and I have known each other - for over 30 years.
0:52:54 > 0:52:56- Huw Roberts
0:52:56 > 0:52:57- Huw Roberts- - Stephen Rees
0:52:58 > 0:53:01- It was 1996-1997 - that we came together...
0:53:01 > 0:53:06- ..to record a duet for the Ffidil CD - which was released in 1997.
0:53:06 > 0:53:09- We've played together since then...
0:53:09 > 0:53:12- ..and we somehow - complement each other.
0:53:12 > 0:53:17- I'm very fond of simple melodies...
0:53:17 > 0:53:20- ..with a limited range at times.
0:53:20 > 0:53:23- It gives more scope - to develop harmonies.
0:53:24 > 0:53:29- Usually I play harmonies underneath - the melody, which Huw usually plays.
0:56:53 > 0:56:55- History interests me a great deal.
0:56:56 > 0:56:57- So does music.
0:56:58 > 0:57:01- Those two interests - are entwined in old songs.
0:57:05 > 0:57:07- Gwilym Bowen
0:57:07 > 0:57:11- I've decided - to sing a song called Dod Dy Law.
0:57:11 > 0:57:14- It's a perfect example - of a folk song.
0:57:14 > 0:57:18- It's a combination - of a simple, memorable melody...
0:57:18 > 0:57:20- ..with great lyrics.
0:57:20 > 0:57:25- The words don't lend themselves - to a particular time in history.
0:57:25 > 0:57:29- There's no reference to herding oxen - and things like that.
0:57:30 > 0:57:32- It's completely contemporary.
0:57:32 > 0:57:38- # Place your hand lest you believe
0:57:39 > 0:57:45- # On my breast without hurting me
0:57:45 > 0:57:50- # If you listen you may hear
0:57:51 > 0:57:57- # The sound - of my little heart breaking
0:57:59 > 0:58:04- # Wind on the sea - and sun on the mountain
0:58:05 > 0:58:11- # Grey stones in place of woods
0:58:11 > 0:58:17- # Seagulls in place of people
0:58:17 > 0:58:23- # Oh, God, must you break my heart
0:58:25 > 0:58:31- # Heavy the lead, heavy the stones
0:58:32 > 0:58:37- # Heavy is the heart - of all lonely people
0:58:38 > 0:58:43- # Heaviest of all twixt sun and moon
0:58:44 > 0:58:50- # Is bidding farewell - where there is love
0:58:52 > 0:58:57- # Oh, my dearest, take a reed
0:58:58 > 0:59:04- # And hold it at both ends
0:59:04 > 0:59:09- # Break it in half
0:59:10 > 0:59:18- # Just as you broke my heart #
0:59:28 > 0:59:30- Lowri Evans
0:59:31 > 0:59:34- I started singing - at the age of seven.
0:59:34 > 0:59:39- I competed in eisteddfodau for - many years singing solos, duets...
0:59:39 > 0:59:42- ..and folk songs, of course.
0:59:42 > 0:59:45- I loved singing folk songs...
0:59:45 > 0:59:48- ..because you were given - the first note and off you went.
0:59:49 > 0:59:50- Hopefully you kept in tune.
0:59:51 > 0:59:55- The song is called Tra Bo Dau and - I remember singing it as a child.
0:59:56 > 1:00:00- Folk songs were usually sung - a cappella when I was younger.
1:00:03 > 1:00:08- I think the Americana country style - has crept into this version.
1:00:09 > 1:00:12- It's simplified and more acoustic.
1:00:13 > 1:00:16- It's sung in a country style.
1:00:17 > 1:00:20- It's a song of longing, - full of love and romance.
1:00:21 > 1:00:24- It's a sad song - and I feel sad when I sing it.
1:00:25 > 1:00:29- It's called Tra Bo Dau, - While There Are Two.
1:00:29 > 1:00:34- Of course, - life isn't like that all the time.
1:00:35 > 1:00:38- Sometimes it becomes - While There's One.
1:00:50 > 1:00:56- # The one who loves my heart
1:00:57 > 1:01:03- # Lives far from here
1:01:04 > 1:01:10- # And longing to see her
1:01:11 > 1:01:17- # Made my colour grey
1:01:23 > 1:01:28- # Wealth is but a vanity
1:01:30 > 1:01:35- # Purity does not last
1:01:35 > 1:01:42- # But the pure love like steel
1:01:42 > 1:01:49- # Lasts while there are two
1:01:53 > 1:01:59- # From the beautiful choice - that I chose
1:02:00 > 1:02:06- # My choice was a pure lass
1:02:07 > 1:02:13- # And before I'll regret it
1:02:14 > 1:02:20- # The fire will freeze
1:02:26 > 1:02:30- # Wealth is but a vanity
1:02:32 > 1:02:37- # Purity does not last
1:02:38 > 1:02:44- # But the pure love like steel
1:02:45 > 1:02:50- # Lasts while there are two
1:03:25 > 1:03:31- # My love is over the sea
1:03:32 > 1:03:38- # I hope that she is well
1:03:39 > 1:03:45- # I love the land where she walks
1:03:46 > 1:03:52- # From the core of my little heart
1:03:58 > 1:04:02- # Wealth is but a vanity
1:04:05 > 1:04:10- # Purity doesn't last
1:04:10 > 1:04:16- # But the pure love like steel
1:04:17 > 1:04:27- # Lasts while there are two
1:04:28 > 1:04:39- # Lasts while there are two #
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1:05:23 > 1:05:27- The melody I've chosen today - isn't a rhythmic piece.
1:05:27 > 1:05:30- It's a melody to be sung.
1:05:34 > 1:05:36- Stephen Rees
1:05:36 > 1:05:41- This song blends in two parts into - an old version of Triban Morgannwg.
1:05:41 > 1:05:47- Famous poetry has been set to this - music by Iolo Morgannwg himself.
1:05:47 > 1:05:50- I might be a little sentimental...
1:05:50 > 1:05:53- ..but at the beginning - of the 19th century...
1:05:53 > 1:05:57- ..Iolo returned from London - to the Vale of Glamorgan.
1:05:57 > 1:06:02- He writes that this poem embodies - the feelings of returning home.
1:06:02 > 1:06:05- He then - sets about writing another verse...
1:06:05 > 1:06:09- ..expressing the feeling - of returning home...
1:06:09 > 1:06:14- ..meeting old friends - and visiting childhood haunts.
1:06:22 > 1:06:27- # I see the sea in Amlwch
1:06:31 > 1:06:35- # I see the Vale of Glamorgan
1:06:36 > 1:06:40- # I'd swap the waves - for a small cottage
1:06:43 > 1:06:45- # For a small cottage
1:06:48 > 1:06:53- # And healthy I shall be
1:06:57 > 1:07:02- # I see the sea in Amlwch
1:07:06 > 1:07:11- # I see the Vale of Glamorgan
1:07:15 > 1:07:20- # I'd swap the waves - for a little cottage
1:07:20 > 1:07:25- # And healthy I shall be
1:07:27 > 1:07:33- # And healthy I shall be
1:07:40 > 1:07:44- # I'll meet with old friends
1:07:49 > 1:07:53- # I'll wander the delightful dunes
1:07:53 > 1:07:58- # Where I played as a boy
1:08:01 > 1:08:03- # As a boy
1:08:05 > 1:08:11- # How happy I shall be
1:08:15 > 1:08:20- # I'll meet with old friends
1:08:24 > 1:08:29- # I'll wander the delightful dunes
1:08:33 > 1:08:38- # Where I played as a boy
1:08:38 > 1:08:42- # How happy I shall be
1:08:44 > 1:08:51- # How happy I shall be #
1:09:03 > 1:09:07- I always used to sing - and get on everyone nerves.
1:09:07 > 1:09:12- My family and friends would say, - "There's something wrong with her."
1:09:12 > 1:09:15- Every time I'm happy - - I just sing a lot.
1:09:19 > 1:09:21- Lisa Jen.
1:09:22 > 1:09:25- I was forced, - like many young Welsh children...
1:09:25 > 1:09:29- ..to sing in eisteddfodau - when I was a young girl.
1:09:29 > 1:09:31- I hated it. I wasn't very good.
1:09:31 > 1:09:34- Every adjudicator would say...
1:09:34 > 1:09:38- .."Nice voice - but her breathing's all wrong."
1:09:38 > 1:09:42- That made me feel very angry - as I look back on my childhood...
1:09:43 > 1:09:44- ..when I was in my 20s.
1:09:45 > 1:09:48- Why wasn't I - supposed to breathe there?
1:09:53 > 1:09:55- I used to sing these songs - quite often...
1:09:55 > 1:09:58- ..Lisa Lan and the type, - on nights out.
1:09:59 > 1:10:01- Or after being out - and returning home...
1:10:02 > 1:10:04- ..and boring everyone with my songs.
1:10:04 > 1:10:09- I realised that many of my friends - weren't familiar with folk songs.
1:10:09 > 1:10:12- "Don't you know - 'Yr Eneth Gadd ei Gwrthod'?"
1:10:12 > 1:10:14- I decided to do something about it.
1:10:15 > 1:10:19- I didn't want a whole generation - not knowing these songs.
1:10:19 > 1:10:24- That's when I started singing - folk songs in panic, thinking...
1:10:24 > 1:10:29- .."What if no-one recognises - these songs in 20 years' time?"
1:10:32 > 1:10:37- What's the point in writing new - songs when such beautiful songs...
1:10:37 > 1:10:39- ..already exist in Wales?
1:10:39 > 1:10:42- It's high time - we celebrated the tradition.
1:10:56 > 1:10:59- # I travelled the world
1:10:59 > 1:11:02- # Its length and breadth
1:11:02 > 1:11:06- # When I was young and foolish
1:11:09 > 1:11:14- # There will be grass over my paths
1:11:14 > 1:11:18- # Before I might return to Wales
1:11:20 > 1:11:24- # Before I might return to Wales, - my friend
1:11:25 > 1:11:31- # Before I might return to Wales
1:11:33 > 1:11:38- # There will be grass over my paths
1:11:39 > 1:11:43- # Before I might return to Wales
1:11:44 > 1:11:49- # Before I might return to Wales
1:11:49 > 1:11:55- # Before I might return to Wales
1:11:56 > 1:12:02- # If we can have wings of the dawn
1:12:02 > 1:12:07- # I'll fly to the hills - of my homeland
1:12:09 > 1:12:13- # To see the big red roses
1:12:14 > 1:12:19- # On the cottage - of my Mother and Father
1:12:19 > 1:12:24- # Before I might return to Wales, - my friend
1:12:25 > 1:12:31- # Before I might return to Wales
1:12:31 > 1:12:38- # There will be grass over my paths
1:12:38 > 1:12:43- # Before I might return to Wales
1:12:44 > 1:12:50- # Farewell, Father, farewell, Mother
1:12:50 > 1:12:55- # Bolt the door tonight
1:12:55 > 1:13:00- # Farewell to the pure little girl
1:13:01 > 1:13:06- # Who weeps at the seaside
1:13:08 > 1:13:13- # Before I might return to Wales, - my friend
1:13:13 > 1:13:20- # Before I might return to Wales
1:13:20 > 1:13:26- # There will be grass over my paths
1:13:27 > 1:13:32- # Before I might return to Wales
1:13:33 > 1:13:39- # Before I might return to Wales
1:13:39 > 1:13:45- # Before I might return to Wales
1:13:45 > 1:13:51- # Ooh-ooh-ooh
1:13:51 > 1:13:57- # Ooh-ooh-ooh #
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