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-LLWYN HELYG COUNTY SHOW SHED

-HAVERFORDWEST

-# On Friday night, as is our wont

-# On Friday night, after the song

-# On Friday night, as is our wont

-# On Friday night, after the song

-# On Friday night, after the song

-# Glasses turn into chords

-# Hymns in the early hours

-# Hymns in the early hours

-# Inspiration from the casks

-As the beer flows

-# Inspiration from the casks

-As the beer flows

-# As the beer flows

-# To the thirsty and cultured

-# There's no music without Bass

-# No music without Bass

-# There's no trouble

-# There's no fighting

-# After drinking in the Red Cow

-# After drinking in the Red Cow

-# Laughing as we sing

-# We all know the pitch

-# Pints in our bellies,

-and echo in the wood

-# Pints in our bellies,

-and echo in the wood

-# And echo in the wood

-# Glasses overflowing with chords

-# And the hymns without the Amen

-# And the hymns without the Amen #

-Thank you.

-Good evening and welcome

-to tonight's NOSON LAWEN...

-..from Llwyn Helyg show shed,

-Haverfordwest.

-Thanks to 'Ar Ol Tri' from Cardigan

-Valley for the opening song.

-They've been successful

-at the National Eisteddfod.

-Their conductor is Wyn Lewis.

-Give them a round of applause!

-I've noticed a number

-of farmers here tonight.

-My neighbour's a farmer - the

-kindest man you could hope to meet.

-He's special, except

-he's a bit of a penny-pincher.

-He saw an advertisement

-in the paper, 'Engine for sale'.

-He realised it'd be cheaper to post

-a letter rather than phone or fax.

-This is what he wrote in his letter.

-'Send the engine.

-'If it's any good,

-I'll send a cheque.'

-He received an answer

-a few days later.

-'Send the cheque.

-'If it's any good,

-we'll send the engine.'

-A lonely widow lives in my village.

-She bought a budgie

-to keep her company.

-She thought the world of her budgie.

-She was a house-proud woman.

-She wanted a new carpet

-for her lounge.

-Dai, her neighbour,

-was always willing to help her.

-She asked him to lay the carpet

-for her.

-"I'll lay the carpet

-once it has arrived," said Dai.

-Dai did a good job

-of laying the carpet in the lounge.

-A heavy smoker,

-he went outside for a cigarette.

-He searched the pockets

-of his overalls without success.

-He went back into the lounge,

-and walked over the carpet.

-He felt a lump underfoot.

-It wasn't quite level.

-Dai thought, 'The cigarettes

-are under the carpet.

-'I won't bother taking it up.'

-He went out to the van

-to fetch a hammer.

-He knocked it nice and level.

-The widow entered and said,

-"Your cigarettes are in the kitchen.

-"But I've lost the budgie."

-It's always a pleasure

-to introduce local talents.

-Our first guest is a local girl.

-An Eisteddfod winner, she has

-taken part in numerous musicals.

-But this will be her first

-appearance on NOSON LAWEN.

-Please welcome, Connie Fisher.

-Thanks for welcome.

-This is a love song

-from the musical 'Er Mwyn Yfory'.

-'Dy Garu O Bell'

-# I have lived

-# I've seen the world

-# Crammed a lifetime

-into unforgettable days

-# I've seen pain and I've been hurt

-# But I hadn't experienced

-the elusive dream

-# But in you I saw hope

-# A chance for a better life

-# And even though you don't realise

-# I loved you from afar

-# Come to me

-# I'll give you the world

-# Hold my hand to feel

-the passion of my love

-# Our life together will be paradise

-# Never going without,

-all our dreams coming true

-# But in you I saw hope

-# A chance for a better life

-# And even though you don't realise

-# I loved you from afar

-# I lived through yesterday

-without seeing tomorrow come

-# Feeling numb,

-my days were full of despair

-# Lonely years were ahead of me

-# But tonight I can melt

-in your warmth

-# But in you I saw hope

-# A chance for a better life

-# And even though you don't realise

-# I loved you from afar

-# But in you I saw hope

-# A chance for a better life

-# And even though you don't realise

-# I loved you from afar

-# But in you I saw hope

-# A chance for a better life

-# And even though you don't realise

-# I loved you from afar

-# I loved you from afar #

-I'd like to sing Hywel Gwynfryn's

-translation of a Don Besig song.

-'Os Oes Gen I Gan I'w Chanu'

-# When night closes around me

-# And there's nowhere to turn

-# When the house is cold and quiet

-# And there's nowhere to turn

-# A song from the past

-# Comes to me in the early hours

-# An old melody full of longing

-# Gives me strength to carry on

-# If I have a song to sing

-# I know everything will be alright

-# Night turns to day

-# The flame of my faith is rekindled

-# The song revives my tired soul

-# When the road is long and rocky

-# When my faith is weak

-# Every tune seems to drown me

-# And I'm far away from the shore

-# A song will lift my heart

-# Like the sun through a dark cloud

-# The song will lift my spirit

-# And embrace my soul

-# If I have a song to sing

-# I know everything will be alright

-# Night turns to day

-# The flame of my faith is rekindled

-# The song revives my tired soul

-# If I have a song to sing

-# I know everything will be alright

-# Night turns into day

-# The flame of my faith is rekindled

-# The song revives my tired soul

-# Night turns into day

-# The flame of my faith is rekindled

-# The song revives my tired soul

-# Tired soul #

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-# Ffal di di rai dal dadl am do

-# I was walking alone one day

-# Visiting the folk at the Hafod

-# I had a loaf of bread as a present

-# I was in a joyful mood

-# Ffal di di ffal di di rai dal do

-# When I entered Rhiwie forest

-# I fell to my knees

-# I dropped the loaf of bread

-# The loaf started

-rolling towards the river

-# Ffal di di ffal di di rai dal do

-Ffal di di rai dal do

-# Rai dal, rai dal, rai dal, rai dal

-# There was no use shouting

-# Or ask the loaf to stop

-# She was rolling down very quickly

-# I said farewell to her

-# Rai dal, rai dal, rai dal, rai dal

-# Rai dal, rai dal, rai dal

-# I spotted Robert Simon's maid

-# She was on the opposite bank

-# She couldn't pass it over

-# Through such a tangle

-of water and thorns

-# Ffal di di rai dal dadl am

-# I walked over in my shoes

-# Ffal di di rai dal dadl am do

-# I expected to see

-the loaf in pieces

-# Ffal di di rai dal dadl am do

-# Thank goodness, it was intact

-# Not a crumb had been wasted

-# If only I could sing

-# I would sing her praises

-# Sing her praises

-# Sing her praises

-# I would sing her praises

-# Ffal di di ral dal dadl am

-# Dadl am do #

-Thanks to Newyddion Da

-girl singers...

-..who are part of the famous

-Newyddion Da choir.

-That was a lovely arrangement

-of the folk song, 'Torth o Fara'.

-Give them a round of applause.

-A newly-wed couple

-have moved to live by me.

-They tell me all their secrets.

-They're a very romantic couple.

-They drink coffee

-before going to bed at night.

-That's when

-they begin to provoke one another.

-One night, John said to Mari

-as they drank their coffee...

-.."Why do you bother wearing a bra?

-You've nothing to put in it."

-Mari replied, "You wear pants, too."

-Finding work is hard nowadays.

-A young lad from my village

-couldn't find work.

-He was slightly backward

-in Mathematics.

-His sums weren't up to much.

-He went for a month's trial

-to an ironmonger shop.

-A customer asked for

-4lbs of 6-inch nails.

-Wil replied,

-"We have no 6-inch nails."

-The customer left.

-Wil's boss said...

-.."Carry on like that

-and you'll get the sack.

-"You should have offered

-him 4 or 5-inch nails."

-"I'll try harder next time,"

-said Wil.

-A rather posh lady walked in.

-What a sight!

-Covered in powder and paint,

-she reeked of Chanel.

-She asked Wil, "Could I have

-tangerine coloured toilet rolls?"

-"We don't sell toilet rolls,"

-said Wil.

-"But we've plenty of sandpaper."

-You're having plenty

-of variety tonight.

-We've an instrumental quartet next.

-These four talented girls met

-when they studied music in London.

-Two are from this area, so

-they're coming back to their roots.

-I'm sure you'll welcome

-Celticana back to Wales!

-Good evening!

-We'd like to perform a piece Sali's

-father arranged especially for us.

-'We'll Meet Again' by Lesley Ryan.

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-Mari's husband, John,

-had a good job.

-He was a cruise liner chef.

-He came home every three months.

-Mari was surprisingly good -

-she didn't miss him too much.

-Plenty of people called on Mari,

-if you know what I mean.

-She was having a whale of a time.

-John returned home

-after three months.

-She welcomed him

-with a special Sunday roast.

-The phone rang

-as they were enjoying their lunch.

-A rather impatient John

-answered it.

-He wasn't gone long.

-"Who was it?" asked Mari.

-"A lifeboat man wanting

-to know if the coast was clear."

-Two old ladies

-caught the train one day.

-They started to talk about smoking,

-and how harmful it was.

-They started to boast

-about their husbands.

-One said, "My husband

-is 76 years old.

-"He's never put

-a pipe in his mouth."

-The other replied,

-"My husband is 80 years old.

-"He's never put a pipe

-anywhere but his mouth."

-Please welcome back, 'Ar Ol Tri'.

-# Oh, Cwmpengraig,

-I feel such longing

-# To hear the song of the river

-# Oh, Cwmpengraig,

-I feel such longing

-# Sailing to the Emerald Isle

-# I'd love to see your wild flowers

-# I'd love to sing with the river

-# I'd love to see your wild flowers

-# Sailing to the Emerald Isle

-# I left you for three nights

-# Without hearing

-the song of the river

-# I left you for three nights

-# Sailing to the Emerald Isle

-# I left to follow my dreams

-# Leaving behind the river's song

-# Defying the sea's salty waves

-# Sailing to the Emerald Isle #

-Many thanks to 'Ar Ol Tri'

-for that wonderful singing.

-Please show them your appreciation.

-They say laughter

-is the best medicine.

-I hope there aren't

-any doctors present!

-It's my pleasure to welcome

-tonight's comedian.

-He's a familiar face

-on the NOSON LAWEN stage.

-He's from Bronwydd, Carmarthen.

-Please sit back to enjoy

-Don Davies' unique humour.

-Oh, dear me!

-How are you all?

-< Fine.

-< Fine.

-

-Oh, good.

-I'm unlucky with women.

-My first wife left me.

-The second one stayed.

-Let me describe my present wife.

-What I first noticed

-were her pretty eyes.

-She had 'come-to-bed-eyes'.

-And her body said,

-'Stay where you are, don't bother.'

-We went to Carmarthen one day. She

-wanted to shop, so I took a walk.

-I spotted a girl

-standing on a corner.

-She was one of them.

-Being the fussy type,

-I asked her how much she wanted.

-"50," she replied.

-"I've only got 10," I said.

-I left her, and eventually

-met up with my wife.

-As we walked arm in arm,

-I noticed the girl was still there.

-I ignored her. She shouted across

-the road, "It's your fault, mate.

-"That's what you get for 10."

-The last time I got married,

-it was 7.00am.

-If things didn't work out,

-I didn't want to waste another day.

-We went to Canada on our honeymoon.

-We flew in an aeroplane.

-I asked a passer-by which aeroplane

-was ours. "The big one," he replied.

-"I'm not impressed.

-A ladder is holding it up," I said.

-My wife sat on her own.

-A sign said, 'No smoking'.

-A few minutes later, a chap said

-to her, "You're sitting in my seat."

-"Oh, no," she replied. "There

-was no-one here when I walked in."

-"But that's my seat," he insisted.

-"Well, I'm not moving," she replied.

-"Fly the aeroplane then," he said.

-We finally landed,

-and arrived at our hotel.

-My wife said, "I feel shy

-because I'm a newly-wed.

-"Let's pretend

-we've been married for years."

-"Fine," I said.

-"Carry the suitcases."

-We spent a day at a safari park.

-We were having a great time until

-a huge gorilla grabbed my wife.

-He started undressing her. She

-shouted, "Don! What should I do?"

-"Don't panic," I said.

-"Say you've got a headache."

-The arrival of our firstborn

-caused a stir.

-We didn't know what milk to give it.

-My wife explained to the doctor

-it was her first baby.

-"What milk should I give it?"

-she asked.

-"Cow's milk, tinned milk

-or breast milk?"

-"Oh, breast milk," he said.

-"Because there are three reasons.

-"Firstly, there's no need

-to wait hours for the tanker.

-"Secondly,

-he's far enough away from the cats.

-"But more importantly, the Milk

-Marketing Board can't control it."

-My local is a small country pub -

-but it's quite rough.

-A rather snobbish woman

-visited from London.

-As it happens,

-there were a lot of insects around.

-She wasn't happy about this. "The

-insects are a nuisance," she said.

-"Don't worry," said the landlord.

-"Come September,

-you and the flies will have gone."

-A lady visited

-her husband in hospital.

-The doctor said, "I'm afraid

-it's all over. There's no hope."

-"Oh, there we go." She returned home

-and started spring cleaning.

-She redecorated the lounge.

-But her husband recovered.

-She lit a fire for his homecoming.

-He sat in the chair by the fire.

-"It's so nice to be home," he said.

-"The fire is lovely.

-"But I don't like the wallpaper."

-"You weren't meant to see it,"

-she replied.

-Thank you!

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-Did you hear about the vicar

-who owned two acres of land?

-He was greeted one morning

-by a very unexpected audience.

-Hippies and their caravans

-had converged on his land.

-They hadn't asked or paid.

-The vicar phoned the police.

-Fair play to them, they finally

-persuaded the hippies to leave.

-The vicar noticed

-they'd left something behind.

-He went to have a closer look.

-A dead donkey.

-He wondered how to get rid

-of the dead donkey.

-He had a brainwave. Council men

-were working down the road.

-He asked the foreman to bring

-the lorry to remove the donkey.

-The foreman replied, "Considering

-you're the parish vicar...

-.."it's your responsibility

-to bury the dead."

-"I understand that. But I wanted

-to inform the relatives first."

-My neighbours' son

-is a second-year college student.

-They were celebrating

-a very happy occasion one weekend.

-The son was bringing home

-his girlfriend for the first time.

-He was introducing her

-to his parents.

-Susan was a very beautiful girl.

-They welcomed her by preparing

-a delicious meal.

-After supper, John told his parents

-he and Susan were engaged.

-The father

-felt rather uncomfortable.

-He asked to have a quiet word

-with his son.

-"I love your mother very much,

-we're very happy," he said.

-"But I may as well tell you, I

-was quite a lad on Saturday nights.

-"You can't marry Susan

-because she's your half-sister."

-Naturally enough,

-the son was disappointed.

-He ended the relationship

-there and then.

-About six months later, he returned

-home with another girlfriend.

-Lisa was a very pretty girl, too.

-They cooked her a lovely meal.

-After supper, John said he and Lisa

-were getting married in a year.

-When his father heard the word

-'marriage' he spoke to his son.

-"I told you I was quite

-a lad on Saturday nights.

-"You can't marry Lisa -

-she's also you're half-sister."

-He told his mother, "It's breaking

-my heart. I doubt I'll ever marry.

-"Every time I bring a girl home,

-Daddy says she's my half-sister."

-"Don't listen to him," said

-his mother. "He isn't your father."

-To close the evening, it's my

-pleasure to welcome our next singer.

-He's been singing for years,

-and is still popular...

-..because of his lovely voice

-and unassuming personality.

-I'm sure you'll welcome the farmer

-from Betws Gwerfil Goch...

-..Trebor Edwards!

-Thank you. The theme of my songs

-tonight is the shepherd.

-My first song is 'Y Bugail Mwyn'.

-# On the mountains of Wales

-# Many a gentle shepherd live

-# Caring for his sheep and lambs

-Throughout summer and winter

-# His staff and sheepdog

-accompany him

-# Come rain or shine

-# His flock

-always graze together

-# To ward off any danger

-# During the greenness of spring

-# Little lambs come into the world

-# He looks after them tenderly

-bringing them safely to the fold

-# After the busy shearing season

-# Sunny days seem far away

-# In deepest winter he appears

-# To lead them to greener pastures

-# On the mountain of Galilee

-the Gentle Shepherd walked

-# He cared for his sheep and lambs

-through winter and spring

-# "Come to me without fail"

-# Said Christ to his people

-# The Good Shepherd suffered

-for his flock on the cross

-# "Come to me without fail"

-# Were Christ's words to his people

-# And for his flock, and for us

-# The Good Shepherd

-suffered on the cross #

-Thank you. I'm glad

-you're enjoying yourselves.

-My final song is 'Can y Bugail'.

-Thank you.

-# I spent the years of my youth

-# A shepherd on the hills

-of my country

-# If my clothes were simple

-# My heart was full of enjoyment

-# I was beaten by winter storms

-# And stifled by the summer heat

-# But I enjoyed every minute

-# I remember the time with fondness

-# Bleating sheep and lambs

-# Filled my heart with tenderness

-# And if you want

-to see me at peace

-# Let me be a shepherd

-on my country's hills

-# Let me be a shepherd

-on my country's hills

-# I tried to imitate the birds

-# I loved poetry and song

-# I tried to rhyme and compose

-# Every night at the fireside

-# I put aside being a shepherd

-# The only thing I ever enjoyed

-# If I'm not a shepherd

-# I'm happy

-# When I'm singing

-the old melodies of Wales

-# I was a shepherd

-to sheep and lambs

-# But music captured my soul

-# Yet again, I am happy,

-and totally fulfilled

-# When I'm singing

-the old melodies of Wales

-# When I'm singing

-# The old melodies of Wales #

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