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-I'm Rhys Meirion.

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-In the coming weeks,

-I'll enjoy the company...

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-..of some of Wales's

-most talented singers.

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-I'll travel to all sorts of places,

-some further than others.

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-We'll share stories...

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-..and of course,

-there will be plenty of singing.

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-I'll invite the artistes

-to the studio to sing duets.

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-We'll have fun

-and tackle a few challenges.

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-I'll choose a song

-to sing with them...

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-..and they'll choose

-a song to sing with me.

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-Welcome to Deuawdau Rhys Meirion.

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-I'm in the heart of beautiful

-Eifionydd to meet this week's guest.

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-"The commote with so many poets

-for a place its size."

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-Our guest is a poet,

-singer and scriptwriter.

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-She's one of my favourite artistes.

-I'm sure you'll enjoy this too.

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-# Are you sleeping, Macsen? #

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-Hello, how are you?

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-Hello, how are you?

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-How are you?

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-# Are you awake? #

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-You've brought your guitar.

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-You've brought your guitar.

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-It wanted to come for a walk!

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-LAUGHTER

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-Gwyneth Glyn, the singer, composer

-and author, is this week's guest.

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-We'll visit several places,

-some further than others.

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-We'll learn more about the public

-artiste and the private person.

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-And we find Gwyneth's hat!

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-Is it over there?

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-Is it over there?

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-Yes, Maen Grasi.

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-We start near her home, in

-the Glasfryn Estate near Llangybi.

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-She wants me to meet an old friend.

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-Do you know

-the old tale about Grasi?

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-No. What is the tale?

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-Grasi was responsible

-for looking after a well.

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-She replaced the cover

-after people had their water.

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-One day, a friend persuaded her

-to go blackberrying.

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-She forgot to replace

-the well cover.

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-The village was drowned.

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-That is the lake.

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-It's clear that

-the area inspires Gwyneth.

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-I'm very lucky to have grown up

-somewhere like this.

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-We take our childhood for granted,

-wherever we are.

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-Looking back, this tranquillity

-fed my imagination as a child.

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-Imagination is still important

-for you as a writer.

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-This place gave you the ideal start.

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-Yes.

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-There's a history of writers like

-Eifion Wyn, Nicander and Wil Sam...

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-..and literary figures

-like Dyfed Evans, Pencaenewydd.

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-It was all an influence.

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-My mother told me stories.

-She was a primary school teacher.

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-I preferred hearing her

-recite her own stories.

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-How did Grasi's story end?

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-Grasi's punishment

-was to be turned into stone.

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-A female Seithennyn.

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-Exactly!

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-In another version,

-she was turned into a swan.

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-Sometimes, it's on the lake.

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-That's a nicer story

-than being turned into stone.

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-Yes. Do you see a girl's shape?

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-I have to be careful what I say!

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-LAUGHTER

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-It's a story for a song.

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-That's an idea!

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-I might write a song about Grasi.

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-You can sing it.

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-Good grief!

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-Maybe Gwyneth will

-write a song about Grasi.

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-But she chose an old classic

-to sing with me for our first duet.

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-# Soothing and beguiling #

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-Ar Hyd Y Nos is a familiar song.

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-But Osian Williams of Candelas'

-arrangement is brand new.

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-I feel really excited.

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-It'll be a privilege

-to sing with Rhys.

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-I've never sung with him before.

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-I'm a bit apprehensive.

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-I have a voice like a mouse.

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-He has a voice like

-a big, splendid lion!

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-But it'll be interesting.

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-Lovely. I like that change.

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-Do you?

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-I'd never reach the top notes.

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-It adds a different colour.

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-It adds a different colour.

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-Yes.

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-I like Osian's arrangement too.

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-It's retro.

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-Yes.

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-We should wear flares!

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-Why did you choose this?

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-I've never sung it.

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-I tried to think of a song

-that would suit us both.

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-Our voices are very different.

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-I thought of this.

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-Ceiriog's words are marvellous.

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-Ceiriog's words are marvellous.

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-Yes.

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-It's a traditional song,

-known all over the world.

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-We often hear

-male choirs singing it.

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-We could do something different.

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-We'll try.

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-# Hear the glorious music ringing

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-# All through the night #

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-That's the sexiest

-Ar Hyd Y Nos I've ever heard!

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-I hope I don't sound

-like a dirty old man.

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-No, it's lovely.

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-Something unexpected

-happened with the song.

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-I thought she'd sing in a soprano

-pitch, but she sang in a low voice.

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-It added something to the song.

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-I had to sing at a lower register

-than usual. I think it works well.

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-# All through the night #

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-The first duet was shaping up well.

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-In Glasfryn, we shared another song

-and I heard about the guitar.

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-This is lovely.

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-The macaroons are nice.

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-The guitar is coming out.

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-Why not?

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-This is a 1960s guitar, apparently.

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-I was in Denmark St, London.

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-It's full of guitar shops.

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-I fell in love with it.

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-It was much too expensive for me.

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-The man working there...

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-..happened to be working

-with singer Lo Polidoro.

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-She wanted to sell

-a very similar one.

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-Here it is, exactly

-like the other one, a Guild.

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-Let's hear a little.

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-It has a nice sound.

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-It has a nice sound.

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-Yes.

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-Everyone who plays it, wants it.

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-Everyone who plays it, wants it.

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-Really?

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-You'll never sell it.

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-You'll never sell it.

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-No.

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-It has grown on me now.

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-The chords in your song "Mae Mhen

-I'n Llawn Ohonat Ti" are marvellous.

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-Let's hear a bit.

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-Right.

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-I play the ukulele on the album.

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-Do you know it?

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-Do you know it?

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-I'll try!

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-# It might be the weather

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-# It might be the sunshine

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-# It might be #

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-What is it?

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-Wine. How could you forget?!

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-# It might be the tide

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-# On the sea

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-# But my head is filled with you

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-# I lift a sweet lid

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-# From the dirty ground

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-# And the first letter of your name

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-# Is in my palm

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-# I hear a round melody

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-# Like a Welshcake

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-# And my head is filled with you #

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-We should have made it a macaroon!

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-Yes!

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-# In the blueness of berries

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-# In the white of an egg

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-# In the gold of the sugar

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-# That sparkles on the spoon

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-# And in the darkness

-at the end of a DVD

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-# My head is filled with you

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-# My head is filled with you #

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-Marvellous!

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-I wouldn't risk the top note!

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-In the next part,

-we enjoy ice cream.

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-Gwyneth's challenge

-makes me shut my eyes tightly.

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-And the world premiere

-of the new Ar Hyd Y Nos.

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-# The wind fills the boat's sail #

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-Goodness, where are you taking me?

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-There are a lot of brambles.

-Don't trip over the gravestones.

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-Thanks.

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-Thanks.

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-Some are quite old.

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-Gwyneth wanted to take me

-to a remote spot near her home.

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-# You're needed in Eifionydd #

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-All I knew was that

-she wanted to show me a well.

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-Is it a sacred well?

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-Yes.

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-People used to come here.

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-On a pilgrimage?

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-On a pilgrimage?

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-Yes, to be healed.

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-The water has healing properties.

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-Look!

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-This is St Cybi's Well.

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-As I got to know Gwyneth, I knew

-she'd have plenty of stories.

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-Here are the healing waters.

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-People bathed here

-several times a day.

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-You're not going in, are you?

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-You're not going in, are you?

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-I thought I'd have a dip!

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-No, I'll just sit.

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-What a fine place.

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-Yes. It's magical.

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-It is.

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-I'm sure your home area

-is very dear to you.

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-It is.

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-This is literally my home patch.

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-I was born and brought up

-in Llanarmon, a mile and half away.

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-I walked a lot in this area.

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-I explored it with friends.

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-My sisters carved their names

-on tree trunks in the wood.

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-It's lovely to bring my son,

-Maelgwn, to play here.

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-To tire him,

-I make him climb up Garn Bentyrch!

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-Yes!

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-Do you think

-you'll stay in Eifionydd?

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-Yes.

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-I felt it drawing me back

-after living in Cardiff for a while.

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-I knew I'd settle here eventually.

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-I can't imagine

-a lovelier place to live.

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-From your songs

-and the way you write...

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-..do you think of yourself

-as a storyteller?

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-I think I inherited the stories

-from my grandfather, Dafydd Glyn.

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-He was a great storyteller,

-telling family tales.

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-They inspired songs

-like Can Y Siarc and Dansin Ber.

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-They're my way of trying

-to keep the stories alive.

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-# Jo Giovanni was a cheerful Italian

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-# With a black 'tache under his nose

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-# He travelled far and wide

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-# To entertain the crowd

-with his Dancing Bear #

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-Stories should be safeguarded.

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-They can inspire

-a child's imagination.

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-She didn't want me to go without

-trying the St Cybi Well challenge.

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-Are you game to try?

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-If you do it, I'll do it.

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-I don't have a penny

-in my pocket. Do you?

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-Maybe. Yes.

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-Thanks.

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-Do we close our eyes first?

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-Do we close our eyes first?

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-Yes. Make a wish, then round we go.

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-Ready?

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-Ready?

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-OK.

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-# That's a story from long ago,

-but not all that long ago

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-# And if you hear grunting #

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-Are you still there?

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-Are you still there?

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-Yes!

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-# Well don't be fooled

-by a little pig! #

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-If St Cybi's Well was a challenge...

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-..so was the new arrangement

-of Ar Hyd Y Nos.

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-For one of us, at least.

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-# So, when age #

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-What the hell am I singing?!

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-# So, when age #

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-Is that it?

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-# So, when age #

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-Go on, before I forget it.

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-It was nice in a way that Rhys

-wasn't always note-perfect!

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-I'm sure he won't mind

-me saying that.

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-We're all human.

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-It's glorious, hearing how

-naturally music flows from him.

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-It's been a pleasure to be in the

-company of such a talented person.

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-# So, when age #

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-Sorry!

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-I got it right that time!

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-LAUGHTER

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-Oh!

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-# I never once saw a tear

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-# On the cheek of a mermaid

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-# Now I understand

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-# Why seawater is so salty #

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-After a time in Cardiff...

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-..Gwyneth lives in Cricieth

-with her son Maelgwn...

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-..not far from Tremadog,

-where I grew up.

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-This is smashing.

-You live in a great place.

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-I'm so lucky.

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-Generations of my family lived here.

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-My grandfather, Dafydd Glyn,

-ran DJ's shop on the High Street.

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-Before that, my ancestors

-were sailors from Borth-y-Gest.

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-So the sea is in my blood.

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-Yes.

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-We came here often as children.

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-We insisted on going

-to Cricieth or Black Rock.

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-The ice cream is nicer in Cricieth.

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-The ice cream is nicer in Cricieth.

-

-Definitely. It's good!

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-Of course, I had to call

-to see one special person.

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-Hello!

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-What a welcome!

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-Hello, darling!

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-How are you?

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-This is Maelgwn. His doting

-grandparents were babysitting.

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-Hello! What's your name?

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-Maelgwn.

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-You're glad to see Mam.

-What a welcome.

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-How are you?

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-This is Rhys.

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-My favourite singer!

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-Thanks. Did you hear that?

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-Don't tell Bryn Fon.

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-Say it again!

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-We've enjoyed ourselves.

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-Thanks for babysitting.

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-# Back and forth #

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-As we got to know each other better,

-the singing improved too.

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-Ar Hyd Y Nos was shaping up.

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-# Faith in our sublime tomorrow

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-# All through

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-# The night #

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-It was better.

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-It was better.

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-Are we there?

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-Yes, I think so.

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-Yes, I think so.

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-Whe-hey!

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-It's odd, as you create these...

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-..the video locations

-come back to mind.

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-It makes you feel

-it should be sung at night.

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-There's something mystical about it.

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-There's something mystical about it.

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-Yes.

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-Translated by AG Prys Jones

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-# Every star in heaven is singing

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-# All through the night

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-# Hear the glorious music ringing

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-# All through the night

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-# Songs of sweet ethereal lightness

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-# Wrought in realms

-of peace and whiteness

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-# See, the dark

-gives way to brightness

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-# All through the night

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-# Look, my love,

-the stars are smiling

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-# All through the night

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-# Lighting, soothing and beguiling

-Earth's sombre plight

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-# All through the night

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-# So, when age brings

-grief and sorrow

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-# From each other we can borrow

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-# Faith in our sublime tomorrow

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-# All through the night

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-# Songs of sweet ethereal lightness

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-# Wrought in realms

-of peace and whiteness

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-# See, the dark

-gives way to brightness

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-# All through

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-# The night #

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-Next, Gwyneth takes me

-back to college.

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-You'll see what happened when

-I took over the helm, or the pole.

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-And Gwyneth sings a song

-very far from home.

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-After travelling the length

-and breadth of Eifionydd...

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-..I wanted to find out more

-about Gwyneth's time in Oxford.

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-Where are you taking me?

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-We can't come to Oxford and not

-go punting. We're going punting!

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-On these boats.

0:21:210:21:22

-On these boats.

-

-Yes. They are traditional.

0:21:220:21:24

-Hello.

0:21:260:21:27

-# I was going to fix the table,

-but no #

0:21:270:21:32

-You look the part.

0:21:320:21:34

-You look the part.

-

-Well, I don't know.

0:21:340:21:36

-I have to wear a hat to go punting.

-Do you have a hat?

0:21:360:21:40

-Splendid!

0:21:430:21:44

-# I was going to brush my hair #

0:21:460:21:49

-This is wonderful.

0:21:510:21:53

-This is wonderful.

-

-Yes.

0:21:530:21:55

-It's a traditional Oxford pastime.

0:21:560:22:00

-Were you drawn to Oxford

-because of its history?

0:22:010:22:04

-Yes, and to study Philosophy.

0:22:040:22:07

-I couldn't study Philosophy

-on its own.

0:22:070:22:10

-I had to choose another subject.

0:22:100:22:13

-I chose Philosophy and Theology.

0:22:130:22:16

-I was accepted by Jesus College.

0:22:160:22:18

-The college

-has close links with Wales.

0:22:190:22:22

-Many well-known

-Welsh people studied here.

0:22:220:22:25

-Was there a strong

-Welsh society here?

0:22:250:22:28

-Yes, there were quite a few Welsh

-students in Jesus College.

0:22:290:22:34

-But I had to shift gear in my head

-at the beginning of term.

0:22:340:22:40

-I spoke, thought and dreamt

-in Welsh at home.

0:22:410:22:45

-When I came to Oxford...

0:22:450:22:47

-..I found I lacked the vocabulary

-to hold a conversation in English.

0:22:470:22:53

-When I was in

-the Guildhall in London...

0:22:530:22:57

-..there was

-a degree of snobbishness...

0:22:570:23:00

-..because of my Welsh accent.

0:23:010:23:03

-I remember once saying

-the wrong answer.

0:23:030:23:08

-I'd named the wrong composer.

0:23:080:23:11

-I made a joke and everyone laughed.

0:23:110:23:14

-"Ignorance isn't a virtue,"

-someone said.

0:23:140:23:17

-Cruel!

0:23:170:23:19

-Did you come across

-that sort of attitude?

0:23:200:23:23

-I made many faux pas.

0:23:230:23:24

-A friend came to my room

-in my first term.

0:23:250:23:29

-Like many cities,

-the tap water wasn't great.

0:23:300:23:33

-I had a water filter.

0:23:330:23:35

-He said, "What does that do?" "It

-makes the water pure," I replied.

0:23:350:23:40

-"What, pure? Oh, you mean pure."

-He said "pure" in one syllable.

0:23:400:23:44

-I was on the phone... oh! Oh, no!

0:23:470:23:49

-You've lost your hat!

0:23:500:23:52

-Throw yours in, too.

0:23:520:23:54

-The expert knew

-how to make a 360 turn.

0:23:560:23:59

-If I was punting, it would have

-taken half an hour to get it back.

0:23:590:24:04

-Thank you, Sebastian.

0:24:040:24:07

-Sebastian made

-the punting look easy.

0:24:090:24:13

-You all know what's coming.

0:24:130:24:16

-I'll give it a go.

0:24:160:24:18

-I'll give it a go.

-

-Good luck.

0:24:180:24:20

-I'll need it.

0:24:210:24:23

-Careful, Rhys.

0:24:230:24:25

-That's for you.

-I'll squeeze past you on this side.

0:24:270:24:32

-Just lean to the right.

0:24:320:24:35

-Stand a little further back.

0:24:360:24:38

-Good grief!

0:24:400:24:41

-Are you OK?

0:24:420:24:43

-It wasn't as easy as it looked.

0:24:440:24:47

-We should sing a song.

0:24:490:24:50

-We should sing a song.

-

-"Fflat Huw Puw".

0:24:500:24:53

-Imagine you're in Venice.

0:24:530:24:56

-# Che bella cosa

0:24:570:25:00

-# Na jurnata 'e sole

0:25:000:25:04

-# N'aria serena

0:25:050:25:07

-# Doppo na tempesta!

0:25:080:25:11

-# Pe' ll'aria fresca

0:25:130:25:16

-# Pare gia' na festa

0:25:170:25:21

-# Che bella cosa

0:25:210:25:24

-# Na jurnata 'e sole #

0:25:250:25:28

-It's hard work.

0:25:290:25:33

-# Working in a salon

-from nine to five

0:25:350:25:39

-# And in a chippy

-from five to nine #

0:25:390:25:42

-After embarrassing Gwyneth...

0:25:420:25:44

-..I let the expert

-guide us back to dry land.

0:25:450:25:48

-# If I had my way

0:25:500:25:53

-# I'd get out of here

0:25:550:25:59

-# But the tea is good,

-the tea is good #

0:26:020:26:06

-This is my old college,

-Jesus College.

0:26:060:26:10

-On my first day, I gave

-my name and waited for my key.

0:26:120:26:16

-They couldn't find it on the list.

0:26:160:26:19

-I thought it was a sign

-that I wasn't meant to be here.

0:26:190:26:23

-"Where do you think you are?"

-they said. "Jesus College."

0:26:230:26:27

-"No, this is Exeter." I'd gone

-to Exeter College over the road.

0:26:270:26:32

-Come in.

0:26:320:26:33

-There are hundreds of colleges here.

0:26:330:26:36

-It's full of colleges.

0:26:370:26:39

-Where are we now?

0:26:460:26:48

-This is the Main Quad.

-The second is through the gateway.

0:26:490:26:53

-It's steeped in history.

0:26:540:26:56

-It's a special place.

0:26:570:27:00

-Many of my Welsh literary heroes

-studied here...

0:27:010:27:06

-..TH Parry-Williams, WJ Gruffydd,

-T Rowland Hughes, Gwyn Thomas...

0:27:060:27:12

-..and Sian Lloyd.

0:27:120:27:13

-Lawrence Of Arabia, who was born

-in Tremadog, attended Jesus College.

0:27:140:27:19

-I feel I've arrived

-in the premier division.

0:27:190:27:24

-You'd want to study.

0:27:250:27:27

-But it comes with added pressure.

0:27:280:27:31

-At the end of my first term...

0:27:310:27:34

-..the education officer

-wanted to see me.

0:27:350:27:38

-He said, "Miss Evans, we're

-not quite sure why you're here."

0:27:380:27:43

-I'd written flowery essays

-in my second language...

0:27:430:27:47

-..in an attempt impress.

0:27:470:27:49

-I didn't think I'd come back

-after the first term.

0:27:500:27:53

-But something clicked

-in the second term.

0:27:540:27:57

-I did more acting

-and stopped trying to show off.

0:27:570:28:01

-You were trying too hard.

0:28:010:28:02

-You were trying too hard.

-

-Maybe.

0:28:020:28:03

-I had a first class degree.

-Don't ask me how that happened!

0:28:040:28:09

-I think the world

-of the song you're singing for us.

0:28:100:28:15

-Everyone likes it.

0:28:150:28:17

-Ray Gravell loved it.

-You sang it at his funeral.

0:28:170:28:22

-You wrote "Adra" after being here.

0:28:220:28:26

-Perhaps I bottled up

-my homesickness while I was here...

0:28:260:28:31

-..and then it surfaced.

0:28:320:28:34

-It's a song that came from somewhere

-else, or from someone else.

0:28:340:28:39

-It came easily.

0:28:400:28:42

-I was singing Neil Young songs

-on my guitar.

0:28:430:28:48

-I thought of all the songs

-that have been written about home.

0:28:480:28:53

-That's how it came about.

0:28:540:28:56

-It's a classic.

0:28:560:28:58

-# There is a town in North Ontario

0:29:130:29:17

-# As Neil Young says in his song

0:29:190:29:22

-# Sweet home, Alabama

0:29:250:29:28

-# As Skynyrd said at the fireside

0:29:300:29:34

-# I'm going back

-to Blaenau Ffestiniog, yeah

0:29:370:29:41

-# Said Tebot Piws many years ago

0:29:430:29:47

-# Take me home, country roads

0:29:480:29:53

-# Said Denver, but what's the use?

0:29:560:29:59

-# There's nowhere like home

0:30:010:30:05

-# That's what they tell me

0:30:080:30:11

-# There's nowhere like home, no

0:30:130:30:18

-# But home is just like you

0:30:190:30:24

-# I don't know where I'm going

0:30:360:30:40

-# I don't know where I've been

0:30:420:30:45

-# I've no idea where I am right now

0:30:480:30:52

-# And God knows where I should be

0:30:540:30:57

-# I've slept

-under the stars in the Sahara

0:31:000:31:04

-# I've stayed up all night in Prague

0:31:050:31:10

-# I've danced on a mountain

-with new friends

0:31:120:31:17

-# And woken on an empty 'plane

0:31:180:31:21

-# There's nowhere like home

0:31:240:31:28

-# That's what they tell me

0:31:310:31:34

-# There's nowhere like home, no

0:31:360:31:41

-# But home is just like you

0:31:420:31:46

-# My home is my heaven

0:31:590:32:02

-# My birthplace is my world

0:32:040:32:08

-# I know this place

-as well as I know myself

0:32:110:32:15

-# So tell me why am I still lost?

0:32:160:32:20

-# I don't have a map or a sign

0:32:230:32:26

-# No Rough Guide for the journey

0:32:290:32:32

-# I close my eyes and open my soul

0:32:350:32:39

-# And follow the path of your voice

0:32:410:32:45

-# I close my eyes and open my soul

0:32:470:32:52

-# And follow the path of your voice

0:32:540:32:57

-# There's nowhere like home

0:32:580:33:03

-# That's what they tell me

0:33:060:33:09

-# There's nowhere like home, no

0:33:110:33:16

-# But home is just like you

0:33:170:33:22

-# Home is just like you #

0:33:240:33:29

-Coming up, we go from an Oxford

-stage to a Dolgellau stage.

0:33:360:33:40

-And I reveal what duet

-I've chosen for us.

0:33:410:33:45

-.

0:33:470:33:48

-*

0:33:510:33:51

-# Volve que esta matandome

-tu espera #

0:33:510:33:56

-After our travelling, it was

-now time to rehearse my chosen song.

0:33:570:34:03

-I hoped its romance

-would appeal to her.

0:34:030:34:07

-Alejandro and Leonardo Jones

-from Patagonia...

0:34:080:34:12

-..wrote Chacarera del Taunus.

0:34:120:34:15

-# Cuando ella se fue ayer

-quede llorando

0:34:150:34:19

-# Pobre mi corazon fue marchitando #

0:34:200:34:25

-Chacarera is

-an Argentine dance and music.

0:34:260:34:29

-Leonardo and Alejandro's love song

-is about a man leaving his love.

0:34:300:34:35

-# Las flores que de amor

-le fui juntando #

0:34:360:34:41

-I was more nervous about the

-chacarera, the Patagonian song...

0:34:410:34:46

-..because there is so much Spanish.

0:34:460:34:49

-But it went well.

0:34:500:34:52

-We had more problems

-with Ar Hyd Y Nos.

0:34:520:34:55

-# Volve que esta matandome

-tu espera #

0:34:550:35:01

-How was that?

0:35:020:35:04

-Good. Do you want to listen to it?

0:35:040:35:07

-Good. Do you want to listen to it?

-

-Yes.

0:35:070:35:08

-Gwyneth had somewhere she wanted

-me to see before we left Oxford.

0:35:140:35:20

-We passed a place

-that was familiar to me.

0:35:200:35:23

-This is the New Theatre.

0:35:240:35:26

-I've performed in an opera here.

0:35:270:35:30

-Which one?

0:35:300:35:30

-Which one?

-

-Falstaff, with Bryn.

0:35:300:35:32

-Gwyneth wanted to show me

-a nearby stage.

0:35:330:35:36

-She hasn't been back

-since her college days.

0:35:360:35:40

-Wow.

0:35:450:35:46

-Is it the same as you remember?

0:35:470:35:49

-Is it the same as you remember?

-

-No, it's changed completely.

0:35:490:35:52

-As we walked into the theatre...

0:35:530:35:56

-..it was easy to see

-this is what excited her.

0:35:560:36:00

-It's much smaller than I remember!

0:36:000:36:03

-I remember all

-the different productions.

0:36:060:36:11

-And the nerves and adrenaline.

0:36:110:36:16

-It's strange.

0:36:160:36:18

-I get it when I walk into a theatre.

0:36:190:36:21

-The wings were behind

-those curtains.

0:36:220:36:26

-Anthony And Cleopatra

-was one of my first productions.

0:36:260:36:30

-I wasn't Cleopatra...

0:36:310:36:33

-..I was Eunuch Number Three.

0:36:340:36:37

-A glamorous girl,

-Karis McLarty...

0:36:370:36:41

-..who is a successful

-international lawyer...

0:36:410:36:45

-..played Cleopatra.

0:36:450:36:47

-She had a different costume

-for every scene.

0:36:470:36:51

-She ran upstairs in stilettos

-and said, "Is it me? Am I on?"

0:36:510:36:57

-I said, "Yes." She walked

-into Caesar's palace on stage.

0:36:570:37:01

-She was meant to be in Egypt.

0:37:020:37:04

-I felt so guilty.

0:37:050:37:07

-I did apologize.

0:37:070:37:09

-Is scriptwriting...

0:37:110:37:15

-..with its characters and stories...

0:37:150:37:18

-..similar to song writing?

0:37:180:37:22

-There is a similarity.

0:37:220:37:24

-It has to feel comfortable

-on the tongue and easy on the ear.

0:37:250:37:29

-They have that in common.

0:37:300:37:32

-You acted in other theatres.

0:37:320:37:37

-I'm sure it was an important way...

0:37:370:37:42

-..to let off steam.

0:37:420:37:45

-Exactly.

0:37:450:37:47

-It was a social and physical thing.

0:37:470:37:50

-It was a form of escape

-from the studying...

0:37:500:37:55

-..and the oppressive libraries.

0:37:550:37:58

-I could escape to be someone else,

-and have fun the same time.

0:37:580:38:03

-Lovely.

0:38:030:38:05

-# Walking along #

0:38:070:38:11

-The next stop was Dolgellau.

0:38:130:38:16

-This is the Sesiwn Fawr

-in Dolgellau.

0:38:220:38:24

-Gwyneth Glyn is performing with

-her friend, Tauseef, and Ghazalaw.

0:38:250:38:30

-They're rehearsing in here.

0:38:300:38:33

-Come with me.

0:38:340:38:35

-Ghazalaw formed in 2013.

0:38:370:38:40

-Musician Tauseef Akhtar

-from India...

0:38:400:38:43

-..came to sing with Gwyneth

-in Womex.

0:38:440:38:48

-They combine Urdu love songs

-with Welsh folk songs.

0:38:480:38:52

-# From the gentle earth

0:38:530:38:56

-# My heart will never, ever mend

0:38:580:39:02

-# Oh, my dear boy #

0:39:050:39:07

-Here they are.

0:39:090:39:11

-Hello.

0:39:140:39:15

-Hello.

-

-Hello! How are you?

0:39:150:39:17

-Tauseef, this is Rhys.

0:39:180:39:20

-How are you?

0:39:200:39:22

-I've heard wonderful

-things about you.

0:39:220:39:25

-I've heard

-wonderful things about you.

0:39:260:39:28

-I have listened to your singing.

-She played some stuff to me.

0:39:290:39:33

-You've got a wonderful voice.

0:39:330:39:35

-You've got a wonderful voice.

-

-Thank you. Welcome to Wales.

0:39:350:39:37

-I chose her as one of the people

-for this series. She's very special.

0:39:380:39:42

-She's precious.

0:39:430:39:44

-What is her main attribute

-as a performer and singer?

0:39:440:39:49

-She's an amazing artiste, very calm.

0:39:490:39:53

-Sometimes it's difficult, with two

-talents from different cultures.

0:39:530:39:58

-You need to humble yourself...

0:39:590:40:02

-..and understand

-where the other artiste comes from.

0:40:020:40:06

-She has been so co-operative.

0:40:060:40:09

-I'm falling short of words.

0:40:090:40:12

-She's great.

0:40:130:40:14

-She's getting very embarrassed.

0:40:150:40:17

-I'm the same colour

-as my beautiful Indian scarf.

0:40:170:40:21

-You enjoy singing with Tauseef.

0:40:220:40:25

-It's a musical marriage in heaven.

0:40:270:40:31

-Yes.

0:40:310:40:33

-And to cross those boundaries

-and to find common ground.

0:40:340:40:38

-Rhys, you do that

-all the time when you sing.

0:40:390:40:42

-We're very fortunate.

0:40:430:40:46

-Music, doesn't matter where you

-come from, what culture you're in...

0:40:470:40:52

-..is there for the same reason.

0:40:540:40:56

-# If you don't believe me,

-put your hand on my heart

0:40:560:41:01

-# Did you ever

-hear anything like it?

0:41:010:41:04

-# Can you hear it breaking?

0:41:040:41:07

-# Why do it at all?

0:41:070:41:09

-THEY SING IN URDU

0:41:100:41:13

-# If you fall like a star,

-you'll break a leg

0:41:160:41:20

-# Why do it at all?

0:41:200:41:22

-# If you fall like a star,

-you'll break a leg

0:41:220:41:26

-# Why do it at all?

0:41:260:41:28

-# If you fall like a star,

-you'll break a leg #

0:41:290:41:34

-The audience loved it, and so did I.

0:41:400:41:43

-As we headed to Portmeirion

-for our last performance...

0:41:450:41:49

-..I felt lucky

-to have spent time with Gwyneth...

0:41:490:41:54

-..and singing with

-one of my favourite artistes.

0:41:540:41:58

-It was a challenge...

0:41:590:42:01

-..to think of songs

-that suited both our voices.

0:42:020:42:05

-We come from

-two different musical traditions.

0:42:060:42:09

-We have Eifionydd in common.

0:42:100:42:12

-It was a help that

-we have a similar accent.

0:42:130:42:16

-The warmth in our voices

-made harmonizing easier.

0:42:170:42:21

-I think it's surprising...

0:42:220:42:24

-..how well we sung together.

0:42:240:42:29

-You have your work cut out with me!

0:42:290:42:32

-Not as much work as me,

-learning the words!

0:42:320:42:36

-Do I look alright?

0:42:360:42:37

-Do I look alright?

-

-Lovely. As do our dancers.

0:42:370:42:40

-I'm looking forward, are you?

0:42:400:42:42

-I'm looking forward, are you?

-

-Yes, to sing the chacarera.

0:42:420:42:46

-It's beginning to come.

0:42:460:42:48

-The Spanish words are a challenge.

0:42:480:42:51

-There's Blu-Tack

-behind every column in Portmeirion!

0:42:510:42:55

-It's been a pleasure.

-I've enjoyed every minute.

0:42:560:43:00

-And me.

0:43:000:43:01

-And me.

-

-It's a shame it has to end.

0:43:010:43:03

-Thank you very much.

0:43:040:43:05

-Thank you very much.

-

-Thank you. It's been fun.

0:43:050:43:07

-Great. Shall we give it a go?

0:43:080:43:09

-Great. Shall we give it a go?

-

-Yes!

0:43:090:43:10

-And action.

0:43:150:43:17

-# Cuando ella se fue

-ayer quede llorando

0:43:410:43:46

-# Pobre mi corazon fue marchitando

0:43:470:43:51

-# Las flores que de amor

-le fui juntando

0:43:530:43:57

-# En la tarde de hoy mi cordillera

0:44:100:44:15

-# Lloro pa que a los campos

-le lloviera

0:44:150:44:21

-# Y yo llore pidiendo que volviera

0:44:220:44:27

-# The pretty spring and summer

-flowers finally appeared

0:44:390:44:44

-# And the wild roses

-so full of colour

0:44:440:44:49

-# I'll gather them for you,

-my sweetheart

0:44:500:44:55

-# Muchacha si escuchas mi chacarera

0:44:560:45:00

-# Nacida alla en el Sur en primavera

0:45:020:45:06

-# Volve que esta matandome tu espera

0:45:080:45:13

-# El invierno asomo y en el lenganto

0:45:290:45:34

-# De nieve me cubrio su blanco manto

0:45:360:45:40

-# Frio mi corazon

0:45:400:45:43

-# La extrana tanto

0:45:430:45:46

-# The grey winter will come

-and make me feel sad

0:45:580:46:03

-# And the mist

0:46:040:46:07

-# Will conceal my heart

0:46:070:46:09

-# It misses a beat

-when I remember you

0:46:090:46:14

-# Florcitas yo le di pa contentarla

0:46:260:46:32

-# Y su pago de amor fue no regarlas

0:46:330:46:37

-# Malhaya corazon

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-# Y aun quiero amarla!

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-# Muchacha si escuchas mi chacarera

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-# Nacida alla en el Sur

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-# En primavera

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-# Volve que esta matandome

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-# Tu espera #

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