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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.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33- Gareth Bonello. The song is called - Can Dyffryn Clettwr.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39- I first heard the song on a Julie - Murphy and Dylan Fowler's album...
0:01:39 > 0:01:41- ..called Ffawd.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43- This was on that album.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47- It's one of my favourite - traditional Welsh folk tunes.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49- I've always liked it.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- The story behind the song...
0:01:52 > 0:01:57- ..is a familiar story - for traditional Welsh music.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02- Someone goes away to work on the sea - and longs for Wales or a lost love.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05- That appealed to me - and the melody is wonderful.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08- I wanted to perform my own version.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12- I've been performing regularly - with Richard James.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15- We perform a lot of acoustic music.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19- It was a good opportunity - to perform a folk song together.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34- # Yes, I spent some happy times
0:02:35 > 0:02:42- # In the school in Llw'r Dwen
0:02:42 > 0:02:48- # And by following the fishermen
0:02:49 > 0:02:55- # Along the River Clettwr
0:03:02 > 0:03:09- # I opposed the academics
0:03:09 > 0:03:16- # I became a prodigal son
0:03:16 > 0:03:23- # I became an unwed sailor
0:03:23 > 0:03:28- # Far from Dyffryn Clettwr
0:03:36 > 0:03:43- # On the first night, - heading to Bristol
0:03:43 > 0:03:50- # Sailing on the rough seas
0:03:50 > 0:03:57- # I shouted at choppy waters
0:03:57 > 0:04:03- # "Return me to Dyffryn Clettwr"
0:04:42 > 0:04:49- # The strong winds - became a gentle breeze
0:04:49 > 0:04:56- # The rough waves gave way - to a calm sea
0:04:56 > 0:05:03- # The sailor felt such a longing
0:05:03 > 0:05:09- # To return to Dyffryn Clettwr
0:05:16 > 0:05:22- # I am fond of old friends
0:05:23 > 0:05:30- # Jams Y Fadfa and John Blaen'lawon
0:05:30 > 0:05:36- # Sianco the blacksmith - and Twm the hewer
0:05:36 > 0:05:42- # All live in Dyffryn Clettwr
0:05:49 > 0:05:55- # The faithful sailor
0:05:56 > 0:06:02- # Wanted to return - from foreign climes
0:06:02 > 0:06:09- # Faster than the strongest winds
0:06:09 > 0:06:15- # To return to Dyffryn Clettwr
0:06:23 > 0:06:29- # He roamed across green meadows
0:06:29 > 0:06:36- # And embraced women fair and pure
0:06:36 > 0:06:42- # But the sailor would always choose
0:06:43 > 0:06:48- # A pure woman from Dyffryn Clettwr
0:06:50 > 0:06:57- # A pure woman - from Dyffryn Clettwr #
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- Traditional music has been created - over a number of years.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14- It's been adapted - by different performers.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- It really is honed.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24- It's been crafted - by a community of musicians.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- The songs haven't been written - by just one person.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34- Katell Keineg.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- I've chosen - Ym Mhontypridd Mae 'Nghariad.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- I first heard it - on the Edward H album...
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- ..Hen Ffordd Gymreig o Fyw.
0:07:44 > 0:07:50- I was a pupil at Ysgol Rhydfelen, - just outside Pontypridd.
0:07:51 > 0:07:57- It was nice to hear a traditional - song written about my locality.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- It's a romantic song.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05- I used to imagine a farm - by the river Taff.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- I like Edward H's version.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- I've always wanted to sing it - and now I have.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19- I've tried to whistle - the Edward H guitar solo...
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- ..since I can't play the solo.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25- This is my homage to them.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41- # My lover is in Pontypridd
0:08:41 > 0:08:47- # My intention is in Pontypridd
0:08:47 > 0:08:52- # A young man lives in Pontypridd
0:08:53 > 0:08:58- # I wish to take him - before the priest
0:09:19 > 0:09:24- # I'll spend today one shilling
0:09:24 > 0:09:29- # I'll spend tomorrow two shillings
0:09:30 > 0:09:34- # And before I lose - his mother's son
0:09:35 > 0:09:40- # I'll try for the three shillings
0:10:02 > 0:10:07- # I have heard many songs
0:10:07 > 0:10:13- # I have seen many intentions
0:10:13 > 0:10:18- # I have seen many pure young men
0:10:18 > 0:10:24- # But none as pure as my love
0:10:49 > 0:10:54- # My cottage is near the river
0:10:54 > 0:11:00- # I have dairy cattle
0:11:00 > 0:11:05- # I have a farm on the banks - of the Taff
0:11:05 > 0:11:14- # Oh, come to me, my love #
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0:11:42 > 0:11:47- We've been performing together - for around seven years.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49- I was 13 when we met.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- I was 19 or 20!
0:11:52 > 0:11:56- That was weird - - playing with a young boy.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02- Angharad Jenkins.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04- Patric Rimes.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06- We're two members of the band Calan.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12- We've started performing - more music together, as a duet.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16- It's nice being able to concentrate - on the two violins.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18- I'm really enjoying it.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23- The experience of performing - with the same person for so long...
0:12:23 > 0:12:26- ..has helped us both - adapt our style.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- We perform quite well together now.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01- I've always enjoyed - playing the guitar.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06- I've started playing - more acoustic guitar music.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11- I took a keen interest in picking - the strings as opposed to strumming.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- I started looking for inspiration.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19- I found Bob Dylan, Martin Carthy and - all the performers from the '60s.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23- Bert Jansch, - John Renbourn, John Fahey.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28- I've been enchanted - ever since I heard them perform.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31- I enjoy playing the guitar.
0:16:31 > 0:16:36- There's something about folk tunes - that suits my voice and personality.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- I'm very comfortable - performing folk music.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42- The song is called Gwen Lliw'r Lili.
0:16:44 > 0:16:49- I found the song in a collection - of Maria Jane Williams's songs.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52- It was published - in the 1838 Eisteddfod.
0:16:52 > 0:16:57- Many traditional Welsh songs, - such as Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn...
0:16:57 > 0:16:59- ..are part of that collection.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- I haven't heard anyone - sing this one before.
0:17:42 > 0:17:47- # Good day to lilywhite Gwen
0:17:47 > 0:17:51- # Today, I happened to see you
0:17:52 > 0:17:57- # You are the one I desire the most
0:17:57 > 0:18:01- # From all the women of the world
0:18:01 > 0:18:06- # Where are the promises
0:18:06 > 0:18:10- # And the love - that was once between us?
0:18:11 > 0:18:16- # Expressed to me was the colour
0:18:16 > 0:18:20- # Of the star that shone above
0:18:30 > 0:18:35- # The cuckoo is in full voice
0:18:35 > 0:18:40- # It can be heard across the meadows
0:18:40 > 0:18:44- # Happiness all around us
0:18:44 > 0:18:49- # On this fine summer's day
0:18:50 > 0:18:54- # Poetry in lush green fields
0:18:54 > 0:18:59- # The land will always inspire
0:18:59 > 0:19:03- # Stories of happiness in our lives
0:19:03 > 0:19:08- # The sweet melody of song #
0:19:52 > 0:19:54- The two melodies I've chosen...
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- ..are Mwynen Merch - and Gwyngalch Morgannwg.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02- I'm fond of Mwynen Merch - it's a - song that works well on the violin.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05- It's incredibly simple.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- Gwyngalch Morgannwg - is far more lively.
0:20:10 > 0:20:16- I like performing jigs - - they're my favourite types of tunes.
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0:23:30 > 0:23:34- I don't usually perform - other people's songs.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37- This was a challenge for me.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44- Richard James.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47- The song is called Y Bachgen Main.
0:23:47 > 0:23:54- I found it in a book, a collection - of songs chosen by Roy Saer...
0:23:54 > 0:23:56- ..in 1994.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02- Gareth Bonello taught me the song.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06- It's a song about a young man.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- His lover's mother - doesn't want her daughter...
0:24:09 > 0:24:11- ..to be with him because he's poor.
0:24:12 > 0:24:17- It's all about - how that relationship plays out.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30- # As I was walking in the winter
0:24:30 > 0:24:35- # It was Tuesday, - the last of the year
0:24:35 > 0:24:40- # In the quiet woods, in a low place
0:24:40 > 0:24:44- # I heard two women talking there
0:24:44 > 0:24:48- # And as I approached them - much closer
0:24:48 > 0:24:53- # And as by that place drew near
0:24:53 > 0:24:57- # Who was it talking, there together
0:24:57 > 0:25:02- # With her mother was my own dear
0:25:12 > 0:25:15- # Dear daughter, here you are
0:25:16 > 0:25:20- # With me, your hands free
0:25:20 > 0:25:24- # Pure of beauty and attractive
0:25:24 > 0:25:29- # I am going to find you a lover
0:25:29 > 0:25:33- # Mount the horse, my girl
0:25:33 > 0:25:37- # A respectable man to find
0:25:37 > 0:25:41- # And worldly goods of yellow gold
0:25:42 > 0:25:46- # And shining silver shall be yours
0:25:55 > 0:26:00- # If I should have - all silks of India
0:26:00 > 0:26:04- # Persian satins and gold of Peru
0:26:04 > 0:26:08- # I'd still like the boy - of my choosing
0:26:08 > 0:26:12- # And I wish to remain true
0:26:13 > 0:26:17- # If that 'tis your intention
0:26:17 > 0:26:21- # You can lie on a bed of thorns
0:26:21 > 0:26:25- # Believe me, - my words will grow bitter
0:26:26 > 0:26:30- # If you go with the slender lad
0:26:40 > 0:26:44- # With the slender lad - I'll surely wander
0:26:44 > 0:26:48- # I will tell you what is true
0:26:48 > 0:26:52- # I will leave the rest to misers
0:26:52 > 0:26:56- # I will venture - with the flower of my youth
0:26:57 > 0:27:01- # For his face - and hair's the fairest
0:27:01 > 0:27:04- # On his cheeks the roses charm
0:27:05 > 0:27:09- # Oh, blessed is the girl
0:27:09 > 0:27:13- # Who will be sleeping in his arms
0:27:24 > 0:27:28- # My lover sailed across the seas
0:27:28 > 0:27:31- # And left me on the shore
0:27:32 > 0:27:36- # The good Lord gave him - safe passage
0:27:36 > 0:27:40- # As he went on his way
0:27:40 > 0:27:44- # I won't cry or fret for him
0:27:44 > 0:27:48- # No tears as he goes
0:27:49 > 0:27:53- # If he one day returns to me
0:27:53 > 0:27:57- # I will be waiting for him
0:28:06 > 0:28:11- # In his handwriting, - I received a letter
0:28:11 > 0:28:15- # On its back a seal of wax
0:28:15 > 0:28:19- # Nothing would break my heart more
0:28:20 > 0:28:24- # But I read it day and night
0:28:24 > 0:28:27- # At the bottom, three letters
0:28:28 > 0:28:32- # That took away my hopes and dreams
0:28:32 > 0:28:36- # He will never return to see me
0:28:36 > 0:28:40- # These will send me to his grave #
0:29:05 > 0:29:09- The melody I've chosen - is Diddanwch Gruffudd ap Cynan.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13- I was playing this melody - and I had no idea what it was...
0:29:13 > 0:29:15- ..or how I knew it.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18- Mam was in the other room.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21- "How do you know that?"
0:29:21 > 0:29:22- "I don't know."
0:29:22 > 0:29:27- Mam used to perform with a group - and they performed that song.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31- Through a process of osmosis - and being around the music...
0:29:31 > 0:29:33- ..I've learnt it somehow.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- I never sat down - to try and learn it.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10- Gwenan Gibbard.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13- I've chosen to perform - Adar Man y Mynydd.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17- It's a song - from the Ffestiniog area...
0:33:17 > 0:33:23- ..that was chronicled at - the beginning of the 20th century...
0:33:23 > 0:33:24- ..by John Morris.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28- In the song, - a bird is sent as a messenger.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32- I'm very fond of the song. - I've been singing it for many years.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35- I'm glad I can sing it for you.
0:33:39 > 0:33:44- # The nightingale and the lark
0:33:45 > 0:33:49- # And the little birds - of the mountain
0:33:49 > 0:33:56- # Will you carry a message - to a fair one
0:33:57 > 0:34:04- # Who is suffering some new fever?
0:34:09 > 0:34:14- # I have no gifts
0:34:14 > 0:34:20- # Or expensive jewels to send
0:34:20 > 0:34:26- # To bring to mind - the one who loves you
0:34:28 > 0:34:33- # Just a pair of white gloves
0:34:35 > 0:34:39- # The little birds departed
0:34:40 > 0:34:44- # They flew on their long journey
0:34:44 > 0:34:50- # And beside Gwen's bed
0:34:50 > 0:34:58- # They sang high up on a branch
0:34:59 > 0:35:05- # Fair Gwen said
0:35:06 > 0:35:11- # "What is that bird?
0:35:11 > 0:35:18- # "That sings so sweetly
0:35:18 > 0:35:26- # "And I'm so weak"
0:35:31 > 0:35:36- # "Truly, we are messengers
0:35:36 > 0:35:41- # "From the one who loves you
0:35:41 > 0:35:46- # "He wants to know how you are
0:35:46 > 0:35:54- # "And whether you - are getting better"
0:36:38 > 0:36:43- # "Oh, tell him quietly
0:36:44 > 0:36:49- # "That I will not live long
0:36:49 > 0:36:57- # "Before the end of summer, sadly
0:36:57 > 0:37:07- # "I'll be buried in the earth" #
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0:37:53 > 0:37:55- Brychan Llyr.
0:37:56 > 0:38:02- My sister, Rhian, and I spoke about - how the dynamics of melodies change.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05- Whether they are in a minor - or major key.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09- We discussed different melodies.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13- We finally hit upon Calon Lan.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16- We changed it to a minor key...
0:38:16 > 0:38:21- ..and suddenly, when it was sung - in the right time it was a hymn...
0:38:21 > 0:38:23- ..but it turned - into a Russian polka.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26- Another strange thing happened.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29- The lyrics state - that a pure heart...
0:38:30 > 0:38:33- ..is better than earthly riches - and pearls.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35- When it was adapted - to a minor key...
0:38:36 > 0:38:38- ..it almost questioned - this statement.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41- Are earthly riches better - than a pure heart?
0:38:41 > 0:38:45- I didn't want it to sound - too much like a Russian polka.
0:38:45 > 0:38:50- I then started singing it - in 3-4 time, almost
0:38:50 > 0:38:56- When I sing it, you'll notice - I'm singing it on the off beat.
0:38:57 > 0:39:03- This permits a lot - of rhythmic room within the song...
0:39:03 > 0:39:07- ..and you can add aspects - from your own imagination...
0:39:07 > 0:39:10- ..to the images created, - if you can call sound an image.
0:39:11 > 0:39:12- I think you can - why not?
0:39:23 > 0:39:27- # I seek not - life's ease and pleasures
0:39:27 > 0:39:30- # Earthly riches, pearls nor gold
0:39:30 > 0:39:34- # Give to me a heart made happy
0:39:34 > 0:39:37- # Clean and honest to unfold
0:39:38 > 0:39:42- # A clean heart - o'erflow'd with goodness
0:39:42 > 0:39:47- # Fairer than the lily white
0:39:47 > 0:39:51- # A clean heart forever singing
0:39:51 > 0:39:58- # Singing through the day and night
0:40:01 > 0:40:05- # If I cherish earthly treasures
0:40:05 > 0:40:09- # Swift they flee and all is vain
0:40:09 > 0:40:13- # A pure heart enriched with virtues
0:40:13 > 0:40:16- # Brings to me eternal gain
0:40:17 > 0:40:21- # A clean heart - o'erflow'd with goodness
0:40:21 > 0:40:25- # Fairer than the lily white
0:40:26 > 0:40:30- # A clean heart forever singing
0:40:31 > 0:40:34- # Singing through the day and night
0:40:41 > 0:40:45- # Morn and evening my petition
0:40:45 > 0:40:48- # Wings its flight to heaven in song
0:40:48 > 0:40:52- # In the name of my Redeemer
0:40:52 > 0:40:55- # Make my heart - clean, pure and strong
0:40:55 > 0:40:59- # A clean heart - o'erflow'd with goodness
0:40:59 > 0:41:05- # Fairer than the lily white
0:41:05 > 0:41:09- # A clean heart forever singing
0:41:09 > 0:41:15- # Singing through the day and night
0:41:15 > 0:41:16- # A pure heart
0:41:17 > 0:41:19- # A pure heart
0:41:19 > 0:41:21- # A pure heart
0:41:21 > 0:41:23- # A pure heart
0:41:23 > 0:41:24- # A pure heart
0:41:24 > 0:41:36- # A pure heart
0:41:37 > 0:41:42- # Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh #
0:41:48 > 0:41:52- I always used to sing - and get on everyone nerves.
0:41:53 > 0:41:58- My family and friends would say, - "There's something wrong with her."
0:41:58 > 0:42:01- Every time I'm happy - - I just sing a lot.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07- Lisa Jen.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11- I was forced, - like many young Welsh children...
0:42:11 > 0:42:14- ..to sing in eisteddfodau - when I was a young girl.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17- I hated it. I wasn't very good.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19- Every adjudicator would say...
0:42:19 > 0:42:23- .."Nice voice - but her breathing's all wrong."
0:42:24 > 0:42:28- That made me feel very angry - as I look back on my childhood...
0:42:28 > 0:42:30- ..when I was in my 20s.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33- Why wasn't I - supposed to breathe there?
0:42:38 > 0:42:40- I used to sing these songs - quite often...
0:42:41 > 0:42:44- ..Lisa Lan and the type, - on nights out.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47- Or after being out - and returning home...
0:42:47 > 0:42:50- ..and boring everyone with my songs.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54- I realised that many of my friends - weren't familiar with folk songs.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57- "Don't you know - 'Yr Eneth Gadd ei Gwrthod'?"
0:42:58 > 0:43:00- I decided to do something about it.
0:43:00 > 0:43:05- I didn't want a whole generation - not knowing these songs.
0:43:05 > 0:43:10- That's when I started singing - folk songs in panic, thinking...
0:43:10 > 0:43:15- .."What if no-one recognises - these songs in 20 years' time?"
0:43:17 > 0:43:22- What's the point in writing new - songs when such beautiful songs...
0:43:22 > 0:43:24- ..already exist in Wales?
0:43:24 > 0:43:27- It's high time - we celebrated the tradition.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44- # I travelled the world
0:43:45 > 0:43:48- # Its length and breadth
0:43:48 > 0:43:52- # When I was young and foolish
0:43:54 > 0:43:59- # There will be grass over my paths
0:43:59 > 0:44:03- # Before I might return to Wales
0:44:05 > 0:44:10- # Before I might return to Wales, - my friend
0:44:11 > 0:44:16- # Before I might return to Wales
0:44:18 > 0:44:24- # There will be grass over my paths
0:44:24 > 0:44:28- # Before I might return to Wales
0:44:30 > 0:44:35- # Before I might return to Wales
0:44:35 > 0:44:41- # Before I might return to Wales
0:44:42 > 0:44:47- # If we can have wings of the dawn
0:44:48 > 0:44:53- # I'll fly to the hills - of my homeland
0:44:54 > 0:44:59- # To see the big red roses
0:44:59 > 0:45:04- # On the cottage - of my Mother and Father
0:45:05 > 0:45:10- # Before I might return to Wales, - my friend
0:45:10 > 0:45:17- # Before I might return to Wales
0:45:17 > 0:45:24- # There will be grass over my paths
0:45:24 > 0:45:28- # Before I might return to Wales
0:45:29 > 0:45:36- # Farewell, Father, farewell, Mother
0:45:36 > 0:45:40- # Bolt the door tonight
0:45:41 > 0:45:46- # Farewell to the pure little girl
0:45:46 > 0:45:52- # Who weeps at the seaside
0:45:53 > 0:45:58- # Before I might return to Wales, - my friend
0:45:59 > 0:46:05- # Before I might return to Wales
0:46:06 > 0:46:12- # There will be grass over my paths
0:46:12 > 0:46:17- # Before I might return to Wales
0:46:19 > 0:46:24- # Before I might return to Wales
0:46:25 > 0:46:30- # Before I might return to Wales
0:46:31 > 0:46:36- # Ooh-ooh-ooh
0:46:37 > 0:46:42- # Ooh-ooh-ooh #
0:47:16 > 0:47:18- S4C Subtitles by Adnod Cyf.
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