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0:00:00 > 0:00:03- I'm David Oliver. - Welcome to Noson Lawen.
0:00:03 > 0:00:06- I'm sure you can guess - from my accent where we are!
0:00:07 > 0:00:12- Gwilym Bowen Rhys and the folk group - Alaw are starting us off tonight.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15- Welcome - to the Montgomeryshire Noson Lawen.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56- # O Santiana, blow your horn
0:00:56 > 0:00:58- # Ai-o Santiana!
0:00:59 > 0:01:01- # Send fair winds to round the Horn
0:01:01 > 0:01:03- # My home is in distant Wales
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- # In distant Wales, in distant Wales
0:01:06 > 0:01:07- # Ai-o Santiana!
0:01:08 > 0:01:10- # I love that country - from where I hail
0:01:10 > 0:01:12- # My home is in distant Wales
0:01:17 > 0:01:19- # My father's house - is fine and white
0:01:19 > 0:01:21- # Ai-o Santiana!
0:01:22 > 0:01:24- # The red-rose garden a delight
0:01:24 > 0:01:26- # My home is in distant Wales
0:01:26 > 0:01:28- # In distant Wales, in distant Wales
0:01:28 > 0:01:30- # Ai-o Santiana!
0:01:31 > 0:01:33- # I love that country - from where I hail
0:01:33 > 0:01:35- # My home is in distant Wales
0:01:53 > 0:01:55- # The birds sing in bush and fern
0:01:56 > 0:01:57- # Ai-o Santiana!
0:01:58 > 0:02:00- # My faithful dog awaits my return
0:02:00 > 0:02:02- # My home is in distant Wales
0:02:02 > 0:02:05- # In distant Wales, in distant Wales
0:02:05 > 0:02:07- # Ai-o Santiana!
0:02:07 > 0:02:09- # I love that country - from where I hail
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- # My home is in distant Wales
0:02:15 > 0:02:17- # At the door are Mam and Dad
0:02:17 > 0:02:19- # Ai-o Santiana!
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- # No better country can be had
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- # My home is in distant Wales
0:02:24 > 0:02:26- # In distant Wales, in distant Wales
0:02:26 > 0:02:28- # Ai-o Santiana!
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- # I love that country - from where I hail
0:02:31 > 0:02:33- # My home is in distant Wales
0:02:55 > 0:02:57- # The sails are frozen and forlorn
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- # Ai-o Santiana!
0:03:00 > 0:03:02- # Send fair winds to round the Horn
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- # My home is in distant Wales
0:03:05 > 0:03:07- # In distant Wales, in distant Wales
0:03:07 > 0:03:09- # Ai-o Santiana!
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- # I love that country - from where I hail
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- # My home is in distant Wales
0:03:14 > 0:03:16- # In distant Wales, in distant Wales
0:03:16 > 0:03:18- # Ai-o Santiana!
0:03:18 > 0:03:20- # I love that country - from where I hail
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- # My home is in distant Wales #
0:03:31 > 0:03:35- Thank you to Alaw - and Gwilym Bowen Rhys.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39- Welcome to Llanfair Caereinion. - We have a fabulous evening in store.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42- Sian James, Cut Lloi, Eilir Jones...
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- ..to name just a few of the artists - ready to entertain you.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50- And there's a surprise at the end, - but I won't say any more for now.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- Are you fans of rugby?
0:03:53 > 0:03:54- Yes!
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- I went down for the first time - last year to Cardiff.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00- A gang from Llanfair - like delinquents.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- We met in the Red Lion in Llanfair.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07- We argued a bit, not knowing - quite how to reach Cardiff.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09- We argued among ourselves.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13- To settle it, - we asked the chap behind the bar...
0:04:13 > 0:04:17- .."Can you tell us - the best way of going to Cardiff?"
0:04:18 > 0:04:20- "Are you walking or going by car?"
0:04:20 > 0:04:21- "In a car," I said.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24- "That's the best way," he said.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28- We went down. The place was packed.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30- It was boiling hot.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- Everyone was there, - drinking and singing.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38- In front of me was on old man - with an empty seat beside him.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40- I didn't like to pry.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44- After a couple of pints, - I asked about the empty seat.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48- "Excuse me. I see - you don't have anyone with you."
0:04:48 > 0:04:53- "I bought a ticket for me - and my wife, but she's dead now."
0:04:53 > 0:04:56- "Sorry," I said, - "sorry to hear that.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- "Have you kept the seat empty - to remember her?"
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- "I tried to sell the ticket - to some of my friends."
0:05:04 > 0:05:05- "Where are they?"
0:05:05 > 0:05:08- "They've gone to the funeral."
0:05:15 > 0:05:19- We have a stage full - of happy young faces next.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23- Llanfyllin Young Farmers - have a reason to smile.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26- The club's celebrating - its 80th birthday this year.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- To perform Yma Wyf Innau I Fod...
0:05:29 > 0:05:34- ..with Catherine Parry conducting - and Manon Watkins on the piano...
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- ..please welcome - Llanfyllin YFC choir!
0:05:49 > 0:05:56- # Two are battling it out - outside the Pendeitsh
0:05:56 > 0:06:01- # While the river still spews - its pain into the estuary
0:06:02 > 0:06:07- # The sound of bottles smashing - as a marriage breaks down
0:06:08 > 0:06:13- # And, as usual, - no-one bothers to ask why
0:06:14 > 0:06:20- # Girls without wedding rings - are lying through their teeth
0:06:20 > 0:06:25- # The town seems - to have fallen over itself
0:06:27 > 0:06:33- # But the moon continues to shine - over these dirty streets
0:06:33 > 0:06:40- # Like every amusing town - in the world
0:06:40 > 0:06:43- # It's a riot
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- # And there's no star
0:06:47 > 0:06:52- # For me tonight above my head
0:06:53 > 0:06:59- # I'm a drunken mess but I know
0:06:59 > 0:07:04- # That this is where I belong
0:07:06 > 0:07:12- # Another new day - slithers down Pool Street
0:07:12 > 0:07:17- # The lads from the far side - come in droves
0:07:18 > 0:07:24- # They're coming to complain - that there's nowhere better to go
0:07:24 > 0:07:29- # Before going to the Harp - to drink with their granddads
0:07:30 > 0:07:36- # They have no dreams, - or any white ships
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- # But they have each other
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- # Right from the cradle
0:07:42 > 0:07:50- # And the sun still lifts - the spirits of the locals
0:07:50 > 0:07:55- # Like every amusing town - in the world
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- # It's a riot
0:07:59 > 0:08:03- # And there's no star
0:08:03 > 0:08:08- # For me tonight above my head
0:08:09 > 0:08:15- # I'm a drunken mess but I know
0:08:15 > 0:08:21- # That this is where I belong
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- # The boys with their eagle eyes
0:08:25 > 0:08:27- # Fill the air - with their colourful language
0:08:27 > 0:08:33- # They own the pavement - of every street
0:08:33 > 0:08:37- # Every street
0:08:37 > 0:08:43- # But they, with their language, - keep this town alive
0:08:44 > 0:08:49- # Like every amusing town - in the world
0:08:50 > 0:08:53- # It's a riot
0:08:53 > 0:08:57- # And there's no star
0:08:57 > 0:09:02- # For me tonight above my head
0:09:02 > 0:09:09- # I'm a drunken mess but I know
0:09:09 > 0:09:15- # That this is where I belong
0:09:16 > 0:09:18- # It's a riot
0:09:18 > 0:09:22- # And there's no star
0:09:22 > 0:09:28- # For me tonight above my head
0:09:29 > 0:09:35- # I'm a drunken mess but I know
0:09:36 > 0:09:42- # That this is where I belong
0:09:43 > 0:09:50- # That this is where I belong #
0:10:08 > 0:10:10- Thank you to Llanfyllin YFC choir.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18- One of the best-known faces - in the Welsh folk scene is next.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21- Montgomeryshire blood - flows through her veins.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- Sian was born and raised - in Llanerfyl.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28- She's made a priceless contribution - to her area.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- The first song I'm going to sing - is Fflyff Ar Nodwydd.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- I haven't sung it for many years.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39- It's a song I wrote - with a very dear friend...
0:10:40 > 0:10:42- ..the late Angharad Jones.
0:10:42 > 0:10:47- We wrote many songs together - in the '90s...
0:10:47 > 0:10:49- ..but this is my favourite.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52- It's great to have Patrick - with me too.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- # There are many tracks on my record
0:11:13 > 0:11:16- # Some are tuneful, - some are tuneless
0:11:16 > 0:11:20- # But from all the tracks and tunes
0:11:20 > 0:11:22- # You're the one
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- # Oh, who lights up my world
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- # You're the needle - that goes through the tracks
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- # Like a crack on slate - - leaving a mark
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- # I'm stuck with the same tune
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- # Boring, useless
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- # It almost overwhelms me
0:12:08 > 0:12:11- # It's not fair, - but that's how it is
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- # You're the groove in my heart
0:12:16 > 0:12:19- # The rest is noise, - you're melodious
0:12:19 > 0:12:20- # And me?
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- # I'm just fluff on your needle
0:12:24 > 0:12:27- # Fluff on a needle hanging on
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- # Like the wool of an old sheep - stuck in the drain
0:12:31 > 0:12:33- # Good for nothing, - wanting to fly free
0:12:34 > 0:12:37- # Stuck in the thorns
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- # Oh, night and day
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- # The days of the record - are like your days
0:12:56 > 0:12:59- # They're numbered - with the dawn of the CD
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- # Fluff on a needle spoils the sound
0:13:03 > 0:13:07- # I'd better change, - I'd better change
0:13:07 > 0:13:10- # I'd better change the machine
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- # And move on
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- # I'd better change, - I'd better change
0:13:26 > 0:13:29- # I'd better change the machine
0:13:30 > 0:13:33- # And move on #
0:13:42 > 0:13:42- .
0:13:46 > 0:13:46- Subtitles
0:13:46 > 0:13:48- Subtitles- - Subtitles
0:13:53 > 0:13:54- Welcome back.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58- Ysgol Pontrobert is the only - Welsh school in the Vyrnwy Valley.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59- It's a musical school.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01- This next group was successful...
0:14:02 > 0:14:05- ..at the recent Urdd Eisteddfod - in Bridgend.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10- Coached by Catherine Parry - and with Haf Watkin accompanying...
0:14:10 > 0:14:13- ..get ready to be scared - in Grandma's house!
0:14:13 > 0:14:15- Here are Ysgol Pontrobert.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28- # An angry scarecrow - with the shadow of a giant
0:14:28 > 0:14:32- # All spirits, large and small
0:14:33 > 0:14:37- # Disappear before dawn
0:14:39 > 0:14:43- # A long face just like a witch
0:14:44 > 0:14:47- # Scratches the small window
0:14:48 > 0:14:50- # Outside Nain's house
0:14:50 > 0:14:52- # Outside Nain's house
0:14:52 > 0:14:55- # By the small window
0:14:57 > 0:15:00- # An angry scarecrow - with the shadow of a giant
0:15:01 > 0:15:05- # All spirits, large and small
0:15:05 > 0:15:09- # Disappear before dawn
0:15:12 > 0:15:16- # A squeaky door from a bygone age
0:15:16 > 0:15:20- # Skull shapes in the dark
0:15:21 > 0:15:22- # In Nain's house
0:15:23 > 0:15:25- # In Nain's house
0:15:25 > 0:15:29- # A skull in the dark
0:15:30 > 0:15:33- # An angry scarecrow - with the shadow of a giant
0:15:34 > 0:15:38- # All spirits, large and small
0:15:38 > 0:15:43- # Disappear before dawn
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- # A bat's shadow on the wall
0:15:49 > 0:15:53- # A large rat that's not been caught
0:15:53 > 0:15:55- # In Nain's house
0:15:55 > 0:15:57- # In Nain's house
0:15:58 > 0:16:01- # A bat on the wall
0:16:02 > 0:16:06- # An angry scarecrow - with the shadow of a giant
0:16:06 > 0:16:10- # All spirits, large and small
0:16:11 > 0:16:15- # Disappear before dawn
0:16:15 > 0:16:18- # Before dawn
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- # Before dawn
0:16:22 > 0:16:26- # Ooh #
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- Thank you, Ysgol Pontrobert.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44- We have a famous face - of Welsh comedy next.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48- Sit back and get ready to laugh - so much it hurts.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53- Please give a Montgomeryshire - welcome to Eilir Jones.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04- Thank you, Llanfair Caereinion, - for the welcome.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08- It's nice to be in the countryside. - I love the countryside.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- I live in the countryside myself.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- Someone said they thought...
0:17:14 > 0:17:17- ..that the countryside - was like the Third World.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19- I don't know.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23- One's full of uncivilized people...
0:17:23 > 0:17:27- ..and the other's in Africa - and places like that.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31- I was glad to hear - that people from around here...
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- ..care about the less fortunate.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36- An old woman - from Llanfair Caereinion...
0:17:37 > 0:17:39- ..left a fortune in her will...
0:17:39 > 0:17:43- ..to the needy, the poor, - the uncivilized...
0:17:43 > 0:17:45- ..to people who lived in huts.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46- And d'you know what?
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- A party was thrown - when the money was received...
0:17:50 > 0:17:52- ..by the people of Cefn Coch.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- I live in a village - called Llansannan.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02- Llansannan is a small village, - but it's larger than Meifod.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05- What I like about Meifod is - on the way in...
0:18:06 > 0:18:10- ..you find out how many people - live there and what they're like.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12- It says on the tarmac - 30, Slow.
0:18:17 > 0:18:22- A man from Birmingham - has moved to Llansannan.
0:18:23 > 0:18:28- He said recently that - nothing happened in Llansannan.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30- Nothing happens?
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- In the winter in Llansannan, - there's plenty to do.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38- We have whist drives and funerals.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42- The Welsh word for a funeral - around here is 'cligeth'.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45- Both are similar.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47- You get a bad deal in both.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- Spades are handy in both too.
0:18:52 > 0:18:57- We have a little shop in Llansannan. - It's very small.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01- A jockey could hit his head - on the door as he walks in.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05- It's narrow, - there's not much room for manoeuvre.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09- If you bought a Curly Wurly, - you'd walk out with it...
0:19:09 > 0:19:14- ..pointing towards the door in case - it took something off the shelves.
0:19:15 > 0:19:20- They used to sell French sticks - but they were too long.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24- Some fool bought a French stick - and put it under his arm.
0:19:25 > 0:19:30- As he turned, he knocked over - 30 worth of Ty Nant water.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33- That's two bottles to you and me.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37- There was water everywhere - on the floor.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41- A woman came in thinking - she'd reached Cantre'r Gwaelod.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45- Between the water - and the tears of the shopkeeper...
0:19:45 > 0:19:48- ..seeing her profit disappearing, - it was like a tsunami.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53- The woman who'd walked - into the shop slipped...
0:19:53 > 0:19:58- ..and landed on her back - in the fruit and vegetable display.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00- She was a large woman.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04- It took four people - a quarter of an hour to lift her...
0:20:04 > 0:20:08- ..and another two to - pull a courgette from her backside.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12- It was awful.
0:20:12 > 0:20:17- No-one ate ratatouille - in Llansannan for a month after.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21- "Would you like ratatouille?" - "No chance!"
0:20:23 > 0:20:25- I live in an old house - in the countryside.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28- How can I tell - I live in an old house?
0:20:28 > 0:20:32- Is it on tithe maps? - I don't know.
0:20:32 > 0:20:37- Can I see on the deeds - the age of the house?
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- No. No idea. - How do I know it's an old house?
0:20:40 > 0:20:44- Because it costs a fortune - to warm the place!
0:20:46 > 0:20:50- I remember going as a child, - not much smaller than I am now...
0:20:50 > 0:20:52- ..to Nain and Taid's house.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55- That really was a cold house.
0:20:55 > 0:20:56- Blimey!
0:20:56 > 0:21:02- They didn't have a fridge. - It was cold enough in the house.
0:21:02 > 0:21:08- If they did have a fridge, everyone - could go there to keep warm.
0:21:09 > 0:21:15- Nain and Taid's bedroom - was really cold.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17- Do you know what?
0:21:17 > 0:21:21- In 1912, before World War I, - who came to stay for two weeks...
0:21:21 > 0:21:26- ..but Scott of the Antarctic - - so he could acclimatize.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28- He'd have stayed longer...
0:21:28 > 0:21:32- ..but the polar bear that was him - developed frostbite.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34- Goodness me, it was cold!
0:21:35 > 0:21:39- The first thing Taid did - after getting up in the winter...
0:21:39 > 0:21:41- ..was break the ice - on the pee-pee pot.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- Nain would de-ice their spectacles.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48- Do you know what was colder - than Nain and Taid's bedroom?
0:21:49 > 0:21:50- The toilet.
0:21:51 > 0:21:52- The toilet.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- You'd go to the toilet.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00- It would turn into icicles - before you finished.
0:22:00 > 0:22:05- In the olden days, - people would be too embarrassed...
0:22:06 > 0:22:08- ..to have toilet paper on display.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- What would they do? - They'd buy a dolly.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15- A dolly with a ballgown.
0:22:15 > 0:22:20- It would be put on top of the toilet - paper to hide the toilet paper.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23- When I was ten years old...
0:22:23 > 0:22:26- ..I wanted to know - what the dolly had under her skirt.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31- I got up one day - and do you know what she had?
0:22:31 > 0:22:34- Thermal knickers!
0:22:35 > 0:22:38- The toilet paper itself! Ugh.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41- Izal - medicated toilet paper.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44- You could rub - for a quarter of an hour...
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- ..and there'd be no marks on it.
0:22:50 > 0:22:51- It was like Teflon.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55- You might as well have rubbed - your backside with a frying pan.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59- It was awful. Useless.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03- So Nain and Taid - occasionally used the Daily Post.
0:23:03 > 0:23:09- The trouble with the Daily Post - is that it left a mark.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11- The ink came off.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13- I walked into the bedroom once.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- Nain was bent over like this...
0:23:17 > 0:23:21- ..with Taid behind her - looking at her backside.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23- I got a fright.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26- "What are you doing?" I said.
0:23:26 > 0:23:32- Taid turned round and said, - "Shush, I'm reading the obituaries."
0:23:33 > 0:23:37- Thank you very much! Goodnight.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- Thank you. I told you you'd laugh!
0:23:47 > 0:23:49- Next is a young tenor...
0:23:49 > 0:23:53- ..who's in his final year at the - Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55- He was raised in Llanfyllin.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59- He was a keen member of the - Young Farmers when he was younger.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03- I've sang once before - on the Noson Lawen stage...
0:24:04 > 0:24:08- ..at the 2015 Meifod Eisteddfod - as part of Tri Tenor Trefaldwyn.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12- I've performed - at the Millennium Centre.
0:24:12 > 0:24:17- I've just done a concert - at Cadogan Hall in London.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22- Home isn't far from here, it's - about 15 minutes from Llanfyllin.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26- It's always nice to come home - to sing to a local audience.
0:24:27 > 0:24:32- But it brings, what's the word, - more pressure.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38- He's going to perform one of - the most beautiful solos in Welsh...
0:24:38 > 0:24:39- ..Bugail Aberdyfi.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43- Please welcome one of your own, - Robert Lewis.
0:25:00 > 0:25:06- # I will venture now to sing a song
0:25:06 > 0:25:12- # To woo you back, my sweet love
0:25:12 > 0:25:18- # To your rocking chair by the fire
0:25:18 > 0:25:24- # On Aberdyfi mountain
0:25:25 > 0:25:30- # Why, my sweet maiden, why
0:25:30 > 0:25:36- # Did you leave me - and your perfect children?
0:25:36 > 0:25:41- # Little Arthur - calls for his mother
0:25:41 > 0:25:47- # His heart is near breaking
0:25:48 > 0:25:54- # The two orphaned lambs - lie in the grove
0:25:54 > 0:26:00- # And the children - play with the lambs
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- # Oh, return
0:26:04 > 0:26:10- # My sweet love
0:26:11 > 0:26:19- # To Aberdyfi mountain
0:26:29 > 0:26:34- # This is how I venture - to sing a song
0:26:35 > 0:26:40- # To woo you back, my sweet love
0:26:41 > 0:26:46- # To sit again by the fireside
0:26:46 > 0:26:52- # On Aberdyfi mountain
0:26:53 > 0:26:58- # I remember your pure voice singing
0:26:58 > 0:27:04- # But neither you nor anyone else
0:27:04 > 0:27:09- # Can ignore - a small child's prayer
0:27:10 > 0:27:16- # Who wants to see his mother
0:27:17 > 0:27:22- # Saying farewell - was just child's play
0:27:22 > 0:27:26- # We will forgive each other
0:27:26 > 0:27:29- # And reconcile
0:27:30 > 0:27:32- # Come, return
0:27:33 > 0:27:42- # My sweet love
0:27:43 > 0:27:55- # To Aberdyfi mountain #
0:28:06 > 0:28:06- .
0:28:10 > 0:28:10- Subtitles
0:28:10 > 0:28:12- Subtitles- - Subtitles
0:28:16 > 0:28:19- Welcome back - to the Montgomeryshire Noson Lawen.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24- It would be hard not to hold an - evening here without our next group.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26- The enjoyment they have - when singing...
0:28:27 > 0:28:29- ..is a lovely part - of their performances.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33- To perform Ddaw Hi Ddim, - conducted by Sian James...
0:28:33 > 0:28:35- ..please welcome Parti Cut Lloi.
0:28:45 > 0:28:51- # I have a friend - whose habit is borrowing money
0:28:51 > 0:28:57- # Although this fair lad - never thinks of paying it back
0:28:58 > 0:29:04- # About a month ago, - I met him on the way to the fete
0:29:05 > 0:29:12- # And the fair lad asked to borrow - three shillings and threepence #
0:29:12 > 0:29:14- Well!
0:29:14 > 0:29:16- # Said I #
0:29:16 > 0:29:18- You're welcome to the money...
0:29:18 > 0:29:24- ..but the way people - talk about you...
0:29:25 > 0:29:31- # I think that
0:29:32 > 0:29:33- # Come she won't
0:29:34 > 0:29:35- # Come she won't
0:29:35 > 0:29:38- # If I look rather foolish
0:29:38 > 0:29:39- # Come she won't
0:29:39 > 0:29:41- # Come she won't
0:29:41 > 0:29:43- # Not so foolish
0:29:43 > 0:29:45- # Come she won't
0:29:47 > 0:29:53- # For a year or so, I've been - on the brink of marrying a girl
0:29:54 > 0:29:57- # Before reaching the altar - at the village church
0:29:58 > 0:30:01- # I proposed to the maid - in the following way
0:30:01 > 0:30:09- # I have a mother and four sisters - who are very dear to me
0:30:09 > 0:30:17- # Will their urgent begging - secure them a place in our home? #
0:30:18 > 0:30:19- Well.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21- # Said I #
0:30:21 > 0:30:26- I'm sure that living - with your in-laws is...
0:30:26 > 0:30:28- # Noble #
0:30:28 > 0:30:33- I know not everyone - should live with their...
0:30:33 > 0:30:36- # Mother-in-law #
0:30:36 > 0:30:42- But under current circumstances...
0:30:42 > 0:30:50- # I think that
0:30:50 > 0:30:51- # Come she won't
0:30:51 > 0:30:53- # Come she won't
0:30:53 > 0:30:55- # If I look rather foolish
0:30:55 > 0:30:57- # Come she won't
0:30:57 > 0:30:58- # Come she won't
0:30:58 > 0:31:00- # Not so foolish
0:31:00 > 0:31:02- # Come she won't
0:31:05 > 0:31:12- # A friend told me he knew of a girl
0:31:12 > 0:31:15- # Who would be perfectly suited - to me
0:31:16 > 0:31:19- # I would become - the object of her affection
0:31:20 > 0:31:25- # A widow with a plentiful hoard
0:31:25 > 0:31:27- # And childless
0:31:28 > 0:31:32- # She had two drawers full of cash
0:31:33 > 0:31:37- # And was only fifty years of age #
0:31:37 > 0:31:40- Plenty of money, you said?
0:31:40 > 0:31:43- # Very good #
0:31:43 > 0:31:45- No children?
0:31:46 > 0:31:48- # Even better #
0:31:48 > 0:31:52- But she's fifty. She's old.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54- Old?!
0:31:54 > 0:31:57- How old are you?! She isn't old!
0:31:57 > 0:31:58- No!
0:31:59 > 0:32:05- # I think that
0:32:06 > 0:32:07- # Come she won't
0:32:07 > 0:32:09- # Come she won't
0:32:09 > 0:32:12- # If I look rather foolish
0:32:12 > 0:32:13- # Come she won't
0:32:13 > 0:32:15- # Come she won't
0:32:15 > 0:32:16- # Not so foolish
0:32:16 > 0:32:17- # Come she won't
0:32:18 > 0:32:19- # Come she won't
0:32:19 > 0:32:20- # Come she won't
0:32:21 > 0:32:23- # If I look rather foolish
0:32:23 > 0:32:25- # Come she won't
0:32:25 > 0:32:26- # Come she won't
0:32:26 > 0:32:28- # Not so foolish
0:32:29 > 0:32:35- # Come she won't #
0:32:45 > 0:32:47- Thank you very much - to Parti Cut Lloi.
0:32:51 > 0:32:56- A group of young farmers - went out one Saturday.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00- One of the lads - slept under a tree in a park.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03- He was blind drunk.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06- He began thinking - of how he'd find his way back.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09- He found a path - along the River Banwy.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13- A christening was taking place.
0:33:13 > 0:33:18- The minister saw the boy - and said, "Come to us, sinner.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21- "Would you like to be part - of the service?"
0:33:21 > 0:33:23- "Yes, why not?"
0:33:23 > 0:33:28- He grabbed the boy - and put his head underwater.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32- He said to him, - "Have you found Jesus Christ?"
0:33:33 > 0:33:35- "No."
0:33:35 > 0:33:38- "Right, we'll try again."
0:33:39 > 0:33:42- He grabbed him - and put his head underwater.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47- "Sinner, - have you found Jesus Christ?"
0:33:47 > 0:33:51- "Well, no, - I haven't found him at all."
0:33:51 > 0:33:54- "Right, one more chance."
0:33:54 > 0:33:57- By this point, - the minister had had enough.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01- He kept his head underwater - for a couple of minutes.
0:34:01 > 0:34:06- He lifts him out and says, "Sinner, - have you found Jesus Christ?"
0:34:06 > 0:34:10- "No," he said. "Are you sure - this is where he fell in?"
0:34:16 > 0:34:19- The next three women - come from a very cultured lineage.
0:34:19 > 0:34:24- They're a well-known family in this - area - the Moeldrehaearn family.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26- Angharad - teaches at Ysgol Penweddig...
0:34:26 > 0:34:30- ..Caryl is in her second year - at Cardiff University...
0:34:30 > 0:34:33- ..and Manon is in her final year - at Caereinion High School.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37- We're two sisters, - Caryl and Angharad.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39- Manon is our cousin.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42- She's the daughter of Dad's brother.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46- We've been singing as a family - for years.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48- Informal concerts.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51- Plygain services.
0:34:51 > 0:34:57- It's only fairly recently - that we've sang as a trio.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01- We'll happily sing - with any family member!
0:35:02 > 0:35:05- They're going to perform - Chwarae'n Troi'n Chwerw.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09- Please give a very warm welcome - to Triawd Merched Moeldrehaearn.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23- # Your life is very pleasant
0:35:23 > 0:35:26- # You're happy with your lot
0:35:26 > 0:35:29- # But something - in the back of your mind
0:35:29 > 0:35:33- # Is gnawing away at you
0:35:34 > 0:35:36- # You fall into the trap
0:35:37 > 0:35:39- # Knowing full well - what you're doing
0:35:40 > 0:35:43- # But there's nothing left - but a foolish notion
0:35:43 > 0:35:45- # That it'll all turn out alright
0:35:45 > 0:35:49- # But it all falls apart
0:35:49 > 0:35:51- # The wine becomes sour
0:35:52 > 0:35:55- # The smile turns to tears
0:35:55 > 0:35:59- # And the thrill turns to pain
0:35:59 > 0:36:02- # And if you are somewhere
0:36:03 > 0:36:06- # Listening to my song
0:36:06 > 0:36:13- # Don't forget it'll all fall apart - if you play with fire
0:36:15 > 0:36:17- # And then, little by little
0:36:18 > 0:36:20- # The pieces fall into place
0:36:21 > 0:36:24- # You start to learn how to get
0:36:24 > 0:36:28- # The best of both worlds
0:36:29 > 0:36:31- # It becomes easier to tell lies
0:36:32 > 0:36:34- # That sound as if they're true
0:36:34 > 0:36:37- # And you know - that your cup is full
0:36:38 > 0:36:40- # And that the way ahead is clear
0:36:40 > 0:36:43- # But it will all fall apart
0:36:43 > 0:36:46- # The wine becomes sour
0:36:46 > 0:36:49- # The smile turns to tears
0:36:50 > 0:36:54- # And the thrill turns to pain
0:36:54 > 0:36:57- # And if you are somewhere
0:36:57 > 0:37:01- # Listening to my song
0:37:01 > 0:37:07- # Don't forget it'll all fall apart, - when you play with fire
0:37:08 > 0:37:13- # Life is too short
0:37:14 > 0:37:20- # We run out of time
0:37:20 > 0:37:25- # You're fighting - your own conscience
0:37:26 > 0:37:31- # But you're unwilling to compromise
0:37:32 > 0:37:35- # You try to ignore
0:37:35 > 0:37:38- # The voices in your head
0:37:38 > 0:37:41- # They touch the truth
0:37:41 > 0:37:45- # Hidden behind the screen
0:37:46 > 0:37:49- # You try to close your eyes
0:37:49 > 0:37:51- # On what, how and who
0:37:52 > 0:37:55- # You know that it's all true
0:37:55 > 0:37:57- # And the truth always hurts
0:37:58 > 0:38:01- # But it will all fall apart
0:38:01 > 0:38:04- # The wine becomes sour
0:38:04 > 0:38:07- # The smile turns to tears
0:38:07 > 0:38:11- # And the thrill turns to pain
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- # And if you are somewhere
0:38:15 > 0:38:18- # Listening to my song
0:38:18 > 0:38:26- # Don't forget it'll all fall apart, - when you play with
0:38:26 > 0:38:34- # Fire #
0:38:40 > 0:38:41- .
0:38:46 > 0:38:46- Subtitles
0:38:46 > 0:38:48- Subtitles- - Subtitles
0:38:53 > 0:38:56- Welcome back - to the Montgomeryshire Noson Lawen.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59- Robert is waiting eagerly for us.
0:38:59 > 0:39:04- To perform L'alba Separa, - please welcome back Robert Lewis.
0:39:13 > 0:39:20- # L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra
0:39:20 > 0:39:26- # E la mia volutta dal mio desire
0:39:27 > 0:39:29- # O dolci stelle
0:39:30 > 0:39:32- # E l'ora di morire
0:39:33 > 0:39:35- # Un piu divino amor
0:39:36 > 0:39:41- # Dal ciel vi sgombra
0:39:45 > 0:39:49- # Pupille ardenti
0:39:49 > 0:39:52- # Oh voi senza ritorno
0:39:52 > 0:39:54- # Stelle tristi
0:39:55 > 0:40:00- # Spegnetevi incorrotte
0:40:00 > 0:40:03- # Morir debbo
0:40:03 > 0:40:06- # Veder non voglio il giorno
0:40:06 > 0:40:10- # Per amor del mio sogno
0:40:10 > 0:40:13- # E della notte
0:40:17 > 0:40:24- # Chiudimi oh Notte
0:40:24 > 0:40:30- # Nel tua sen materno
0:40:30 > 0:40:36- # Mentre la terra
0:40:36 > 0:40:42- # Pallida s'irrora
0:40:43 > 0:40:48- # Ma che dal sangue mio
0:40:48 > 0:40:54- # Nasca l'aurora
0:40:55 > 0:41:01- # E dal sogno mio breve
0:41:01 > 0:41:07- # Il sole eterno
0:41:08 > 0:41:13- # E dal sogno mio breve
0:41:13 > 0:41:22- # Il sole eterno #
0:41:32 > 0:41:34- Thank you to Robert Lewis.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39- Like the wind, an hour's passed.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43- I hope everyone's had a good time. - We've had a feast.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46- Sian and Parti Cut Lloi - will play us out.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50- Thank you - for being such a warm audience.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53- For the final time, - please welcome Patrick Rimes...
0:41:54 > 0:41:56- ..Parti Cut Lloi and Sian James.
0:41:56 > 0:41:57- Goodnight.
0:42:02 > 0:42:03- Thank you.
0:42:05 > 0:42:09- Thank you for the warm welcome - we've all received tonight.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13- In 2015, - at the Meifod Eisteddfod...
0:42:14 > 0:42:19- ..I had the honour of working - with Penri Roberts, Linda Gittins...
0:42:20 > 0:42:24- ..and youngsters from - Cwmni Theatr Ieuenctid Maldwyn...
0:42:24 > 0:42:27- ..on a show about Nansi Richards.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31- It was a real pleasure.
0:42:31 > 0:42:35- I'm going to sing - one of the songs from that show...
0:42:35 > 0:42:38- ..Pennant Melangell.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42- The wonderful lyrics - are by Nansi herself...
0:42:42 > 0:42:47- ..which makes the song - even more special.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51- But I have a surprise for you.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56- Someone's going to be joining me - to sing the song.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00- Please give a warm welcome - to Rhys Meirion.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29- # Take me back
0:43:29 > 0:43:32- # To Montgomeryshire
0:43:33 > 0:43:36- # The journey
0:43:36 > 0:43:38- # Isn't long
0:43:40 > 0:43:46- # My soul is already there
0:43:47 > 0:43:49- # Preparing
0:43:49 > 0:43:53- # For the journey's end
0:43:57 > 0:44:01- # The breath of her land
0:44:01 > 0:44:04- # I can smell it
0:44:04 > 0:44:06- # The path
0:44:07 > 0:44:11- # Await my footsteps
0:44:11 > 0:44:13- # My name
0:44:14 > 0:44:18- # Was written in the books
0:44:18 > 0:44:25- # Before I took my first steps
0:44:29 > 0:44:31- # My grave
0:44:32 > 0:44:35- # In Pennant Melangell
0:44:36 > 0:44:42- # Will be five feet - and one inch long
0:44:43 > 0:44:49- # The grouse and pheasant - will come to my side
0:44:50 > 0:44:56- # And so will the shy moorhen
0:44:56 > 0:45:00- # And I'll know for sure
0:45:01 > 0:45:03- # When the time comes
0:45:04 > 0:45:10- # I won't sleep too soundly
0:45:11 > 0:45:17- # I'll hear - the Nant Ewyn stream singing
0:45:18 > 0:45:20- # Its solo
0:45:20 > 0:45:24- # To the Blaen Cwm waterfall
0:45:29 > 0:45:35- # Aah-aah-aah
0:45:36 > 0:45:42- # Aah-aah-aah
0:45:43 > 0:45:49- # Ooh-ooh-ooh
0:45:50 > 0:45:56- # Aah-aah-aah
0:45:56 > 0:46:00- # The graveyard in Pennant Melangell
0:46:00 > 0:46:02- # Is like a sonnet
0:46:04 > 0:46:09- # You can't put a sonnet on a map
0:46:11 > 0:46:14- # If you walk there
0:46:14 > 0:46:17- # My love
0:46:18 > 0:46:22- # Remember to take off your cap
0:46:24 > 0:46:27- # Remember
0:46:27 > 0:46:29- # To take off
0:46:30 > 0:46:40- # Your cap #
0:46:52 > 0:46:54- Very good. - I brought Nain out for a spin!
0:46:55 > 0:46:56- Excellent.
0:46:56 > 0:47:01- Cut Lloi and the trio, Angharad, - Caryl and Manon, were fantastic.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04- Rhys Meirion at the end. - And Sian too. Very good.
0:47:05 > 0:47:08- The pupils from Ysgol Pontrobert.
0:47:08 > 0:47:12- For such young singers, - they were great. Superb.
0:47:30 > 0:47:32- S4C Subtitles by Testun Cyf.
0:47:32 > 0:47:32- .