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0:00:11 > 0:00:14- Welcome to a special programme.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18- Tonight, we'll enjoy highlights - of folk music from Y Stiwdio Gefn.
0:00:18 > 0:00:24- There's Sian James, Ryland Teifi, - Georgia Ruth, Plu and many more.
0:00:25 > 0:00:30- Our first group has introduced Welsh - folk music to continental audiences.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32- This is Calan.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- APPLAUSE
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- # Oh, my wanderer
0:04:09 > 0:04:12- # What did you see?
0:04:16 > 0:04:20- # Between Dyfi and Marchlyn
0:04:22 > 0:04:27- # What untied the knots - you had inside?
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- # What did you see?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- # What did you see?
0:04:48 > 0:04:52- # Between Marchlyn and Dyfi
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- # What did you see?
0:05:00 > 0:05:04- # What was so much better than me?
0:05:20 > 0:05:23- # Oh, my love
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- # What did you see?
0:05:35 > 0:05:38- # It took away
0:05:43 > 0:05:47- # Your longing for me
0:05:51 > 0:05:54- # What did you see?
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- # What did you see?
0:06:06 > 0:06:10- # Between Marchlyn and Dyfi
0:06:15 > 0:06:18- # What did you see?
0:06:18 > 0:06:21- # What was so much better than me?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- # Gold and silver will perish
0:06:28 > 0:06:33- # A weak man's longing - will perish too
0:06:53 > 0:06:56- # Oh, my wanderer
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- # What did you see? #
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- # I'll write a letter to you
0:07:29 > 0:07:33- # White paper and your address
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- # Travelling across the strong winds
0:07:39 > 0:07:44- # To my saviour, my awakening
0:07:46 > 0:07:49- # Despite the barriers breaking
0:07:50 > 0:07:55- # You feel so close
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- # Despite holding you so tight
0:07:59 > 0:08:04- # This distance worries you
0:08:05 > 0:08:13- # There's only a day, - until the day comes
0:08:14 > 0:08:20- # You know that I'll return
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- # Banish your doubts
0:08:27 > 0:08:31- # Dive deep into your heart
0:08:31 > 0:08:36- # Let go of being callous
0:08:36 > 0:08:40- # And grab happiness by the hands
0:08:42 > 0:08:50- # There's only a day, - until the day comes
0:08:50 > 0:08:56- # You know that I'll return
0:09:02 > 0:09:04- INSTRUMENTAL
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- # Ah-ah
0:09:16 > 0:09:18- # Ah-ha
0:09:18 > 0:09:20- # Ah-ha
0:09:20 > 0:09:24- # Ah-ha
0:09:27 > 0:09:31- # I'll pack up my few belongings
0:09:31 > 0:09:36- # Open the door into the deluge
0:09:38 > 0:09:42- # I'll be there, I won't wander
0:09:42 > 0:09:48- # Further than your arms reach
0:09:48 > 0:09:56- # There's only a day, - until the day comes
0:09:56 > 0:10:04- # You know that I'll return #
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- That was Blodau Gwylltion and Plu.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- The last track - appeared on Plu's debut album.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20- Our next set of siblings - are Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog...
0:10:20 > 0:10:22- ..with Cychod Wil a Mer.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34- # When summer comes
0:10:34 > 0:10:38- # We'll tug the boats, - tug the boats, tug the boats
0:10:38 > 0:10:43- # When summer comes, we'll tug - the boats, Wil and Mer's boats
0:10:43 > 0:10:49- # We'll sail the Lily - and the old Felinheli
0:10:50 > 0:10:55- # We'll sail the Lily - and on Wil and Mer's boat
0:10:55 > 0:10:57- # When summer comes
0:10:57 > 0:11:01- # We'll paint the boats, - paint the boats, paint the boats
0:11:02 > 0:11:07- # When summer comes, we'll paint - the boats, Wil and Mer's boats
0:11:08 > 0:11:13- # We'll sail the Lily - and the old Felinheli
0:11:13 > 0:11:19- # We'll sail the Lily - and on Wil and Mer's boat
0:11:19 > 0:11:21- # When summer comes
0:11:22 > 0:11:26- # We'll sail the boats, - sail the boats, sail the boats
0:11:26 > 0:11:32- # When summer comes, we'll sail - the boats, Wil and Mer's boats
0:11:32 > 0:11:38- # We'll sail the Lily - and the old Felinheli
0:11:38 > 0:11:44- # We'll sail the Lily - and on Wil and Mer's boat
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- INSTRUMENTAL
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- # When summer ends
0:12:11 > 0:12:14- # We'll keep the boats, - keep the boats, keep the boats
0:12:15 > 0:12:20- # When summer ends, we'll keep - the boats, Wil and Mer's boats
0:12:20 > 0:12:27- # We'll sail the Lily - and the old Felinheli
0:12:28 > 0:12:33- # We'll sail the Lily - and on Wil and Mer's boat
0:12:33 > 0:12:39- # We'll sail the Lily - and the old Felinheli
0:12:39 > 0:12:44- # We'll sail the Lily - and on Wil and Mer's boat
0:12:45 > 0:12:47- # On Wil and Mer's boat
0:12:48 > 0:12:51- # On Wil and Mer's boat #
0:12:54 > 0:12:56- APPLAUSE
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0:13:08 > 0:13:11- Welcome back to a folk edition - of Y Stiwdio Gefn.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16- Ryland Teifi, Fflur Dafydd and - Endaf Gremlin are all on their way.
0:13:16 > 0:13:21- We start this part with a prominent - and pioneering Welsh folk musician.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- It's Sian James - with Ffarwel i Aberystwyth.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38- INSTRUMENTAL INTRODUCTION
0:13:42 > 0:13:46- # Farewell to Aberystwyth
0:13:47 > 0:13:51- # Farewell to Pen Maesglas
0:13:52 > 0:13:56- # Farewell to the castle tower
0:13:56 > 0:14:01- # Farewell to Morfa Glas
0:14:01 > 0:14:05- # Farewell to Morfa Glas
0:14:22 > 0:14:25- # Farewell to Penparcau
0:14:25 > 0:14:30- # Farewell to Figure Four
0:14:31 > 0:14:34- # Farewell to the purest young woman
0:14:35 > 0:14:39- # Ever to open a door
0:14:40 > 0:14:45- # Ever to open a door
0:15:02 > 0:15:11- # Ever to open a door
0:15:11 > 0:15:20- # Ever to open a door
0:15:41 > 0:15:45- # And sometimes I'd find her willing
0:15:45 > 0:15:50- # To listen to my blues
0:15:50 > 0:15:54- # But she gave her hand to another
0:15:54 > 0:15:59- # And she broke my heart
0:15:59 > 0:16:06- # And she broke my heart
0:16:24 > 0:16:31- # She broke my heart
0:16:33 > 0:16:42- # She broke my heart
0:16:43 > 0:16:51- # She broke my heart
0:16:52 > 0:17:01- # She broke my heart #
0:17:06 > 0:17:08- APPLAUSE
0:17:26 > 0:17:30- # Come down to the river, - to the forest and black hole
0:17:30 > 0:17:34- # To the place where you planted - your withered flowers
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- # I'll remember what you were like
0:17:38 > 0:17:42- # If you'll remember me
0:17:46 > 0:17:50- # Come down to the river - to hide along the shore
0:17:50 > 0:17:54- # To feel the sound - of our days in the soil
0:17:55 > 0:17:58- # The blood of battle is upon us
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- # But this water is free
0:18:05 > 0:18:09- # There's life in your eyes
0:18:14 > 0:18:19- # Memories fill my eyes
0:18:22 > 0:18:25- INSTRUMENTAL
0:18:41 > 0:18:45- # Come down to the river - to find our lost days
0:18:45 > 0:18:49- # No-one will see your smile - apart from the day
0:18:50 > 0:18:53- # We'll unite - to the song of the fairies
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- # And the angry fairies
0:19:00 > 0:19:05- # There's life in your eyes
0:19:10 > 0:19:14- # Memories fill my eyes #
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- INSTRUMENTAL
0:19:56 > 0:19:58- APPLAUSE
0:20:06 > 0:20:11- # The snow falls on Lammas Street - and the people stop and stare
0:20:11 > 0:20:18- # They say, - "March can't find its feet"
0:20:18 > 0:20:22- # And the spring just gazes on
0:20:26 > 0:20:30- # The spring just gazes on
0:20:33 > 0:20:38- # Many moons ago, - on this same street
0:20:38 > 0:20:42- # A door opened suddenly - and I couldn't find my feet
0:20:42 > 0:20:52- # But I stepped - into the whiteness anyway
0:20:52 > 0:20:58- # I stepped into the whiteness
0:20:59 > 0:21:06- # And my love, on that cold evening - you were like unexpected snow
0:21:06 > 0:21:12- # That fell oh so suddenly, - so that I didn't even know
0:21:12 > 0:21:19- # That the pavements were slippery - and that we had no place to go
0:21:19 > 0:21:23- # And for a girl - who likes the winter
0:21:25 > 0:21:29- # I was happy to let it go
0:21:29 > 0:21:32- # As the snow kept falling
0:21:32 > 0:21:37- # The snow kept falling - on Lammas Street
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- # As the snow kept falling
0:21:43 > 0:21:45- # The snow kept falling
0:21:46 > 0:21:51- # The snow kept falling - on Lammas Street
0:21:55 > 0:22:00- # They say that the Eskimo - knows all too well
0:22:00 > 0:22:04- # That you have to give in - to the snow's fury
0:22:04 > 0:22:06- # Lie down until it quells
0:22:07 > 0:22:11- # And only the European souls - refuse to bend
0:22:15 > 0:22:18- # Fighting the storm - 'till its bitter end
0:22:22 > 0:22:27- # Well that very evening, - I gave in to the cold
0:22:27 > 0:22:33- # And lay down in that snow-hole, - deciding to let it go
0:22:34 > 0:22:38- # My frozen soul - wrapped around your warm core
0:22:42 > 0:22:46- # My frozen soul - wrapped around your warm core
0:22:48 > 0:22:53- # Because my love, even today, - you are my unexpected snow
0:22:55 > 0:23:00- # That keeps falling silently - so that I sometimes don't even know
0:23:01 > 0:23:07- # That the pavement's oh so slippery - and when we have no place to go
0:23:08 > 0:23:11- # I'm a girl who likes the winter
0:23:13 > 0:23:17- # Who's prepared to let it go
0:23:17 > 0:23:20- # The snow keeps falling
0:23:21 > 0:23:25- # The snow keeps falling - on Lammas Street
0:23:28 > 0:23:30- # The snow keeps falling
0:23:31 > 0:23:33- # Snow keeps falling
0:23:35 > 0:23:39- # Snow keeps falling - on Lammas Street
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- # Many moons ago, - on this same street
0:23:46 > 0:23:50- # A door opened suddenly - and I couldn't find my feet
0:23:51 > 0:23:55- # On Lammas Street #
0:23:58 > 0:24:00- APPLAUSE
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- Ryland Teifi and Fflur Dafydd...
0:24:04 > 0:24:09- ..are followed by Endaf Gremlin - with Can Y Melinydd.
0:24:20 > 0:24:25- # I have a golden foal - who is four years old
0:24:25 > 0:24:32- # With four fine silver horse shoes - upon her four hooves
0:24:32 > 0:24:37- # She leaps and prances gaily - beneath a fair maiden
0:24:38 > 0:24:44- # Full twenty miles she'll - carry her, unaware of a bridle
0:24:56 > 0:25:00- # I have a cosy cottage - and a newly-built mill
0:25:01 > 0:25:06- # And three contented dappled cows, - grazing on the hill
0:25:07 > 0:25:12- # I have a horse and wagon - and a pony, small with grace
0:25:12 > 0:25:19- # And ten well-fed and woolly sheep - and a pig inside the sty
0:25:42 > 0:25:47- # I have a corner cupboard - with china for our tea
0:25:47 > 0:25:52- # A dresser in the kitchen - and all placed tidily
0:25:53 > 0:25:58- # I have a hen and cockerel, - a fatted pig and cow
0:25:59 > 0:26:04- # And with my wife here at my side, - I'm very happy now
0:26:17 > 0:26:19- INSTRUMENTAL
0:26:40 > 0:26:45- # I can hear the cuckoo sing, - the spring has arrived
0:26:45 > 0:26:50- # Rejoice, the spring has arrived #
0:27:14 > 0:27:16- APPLAUSE
0:27:16 > 0:27:19- Endaf Gremlin concludes this part.
0:27:19 > 0:27:24- After the break, we'll enjoy music - from Tecwyn Ifan and Georgia Ruth.
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0:27:54 > 0:27:59- # Yes, I saw the dawn again
0:27:59 > 0:28:04- # Yes, the morning returned
0:28:07 > 0:28:12- # And the heart starts beating again
0:28:12 > 0:28:17- # But under the shadow - of a faithful fool
0:28:20 > 0:28:24- # I can say like O' Hara
0:28:24 > 0:28:31- # But in so few words
0:28:31 > 0:28:37- # Say what you have to say, - it's in tatters
0:28:38 > 0:28:41- # We're both in a heap our ruins
0:28:43 > 0:28:51- # Et-ra-i
0:28:53 > 0:28:56- # The summer is here again
0:28:57 > 0:29:00- # Etrai
0:29:06 > 0:29:11- # There's a straight line - between the Earth
0:29:11 > 0:29:17- # And a fine line for redemption
0:29:19 > 0:29:24- # If you want to save us
0:29:24 > 0:29:26- # Press on
0:29:31 > 0:29:36- # Take hold, forget your worries
0:29:36 > 0:29:43- # You'll find warmth in my arms
0:29:43 > 0:29:48- # We'll find a refuge again
0:29:48 > 0:29:54- # Tender, fair love
0:29:56 > 0:30:04- # Et-ra-i
0:30:05 > 0:30:09- # The summer is here again
0:30:09 > 0:30:13- # Etrai
0:30:19 > 0:30:21- INSTRUMENTAL
0:30:40 > 0:30:48- # Et-ra-i
0:30:49 > 0:30:53- # The summer is here again
0:30:54 > 0:30:57- # Etrai
0:31:01 > 0:31:08- # E-tra-i #
0:31:32 > 0:31:37- Etrai is from the successful album, - Week of Pines by Georgia Ruth.
0:31:37 > 0:31:42- Next, we've got two love ballads - from Lleuwen and Tecwyn Ifan.
0:31:50 > 0:31:56- # How do I refuse the little bird - that's in his faithful eyes?
0:31:57 > 0:32:03- # Sometimes it glides past - and flies like a wren
0:32:03 > 0:32:10- # Straight into my silly soul and - it makes its nest, without a care
0:32:10 > 0:32:14- # Without worrying - about the iron bars
0:32:15 > 0:32:17- # That surround the cage in my heart
0:32:18 > 0:32:22- # Without worrying - about the iron bars
0:32:22 > 0:32:24- # That surround the cage in my heart
0:32:29 > 0:32:31- INSTRUMENTAL
0:32:37 > 0:32:43- # How do I refuse a little bird who - came to me through the fireplace?
0:32:44 > 0:32:50- # Searching for a reason - or a companion
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- # Come back and say it straight
0:32:54 > 0:32:57- # To the man with faithful eyes
0:32:57 > 0:33:04- # About the magical iron bars that - surround the cage within my heart
0:33:04 > 0:33:12- # About the magical iron bars that - surround the cage within my heart
0:33:26 > 0:33:32- # How do I refuse the little bird - in his black eyes?
0:33:33 > 0:33:40- # It rests once again - in my feathered bed
0:33:40 > 0:33:47- # I have nothing but crumbs, - memories and old stories
0:33:47 > 0:33:54- # Safe behind the iron bars - of the cage within my heart
0:33:55 > 0:34:01- # Safe behind the iron bars - of the cage within my heart
0:34:02 > 0:34:08- # Safe behind the iron bars - of the cage within my heart #
0:34:27 > 0:34:28- APPLAUSE
0:34:40 > 0:34:44- # River Conwy flowing yellow
0:34:44 > 0:34:48- # Taking trees from the meadow
0:34:48 > 0:34:52- # I would thrice turn in its flow
0:34:52 > 0:34:55- # Before letting my love go
0:34:55 > 0:34:59- # While there is water - for Conwy's ferry
0:34:59 > 0:35:02- # While Llanrwst Bridge stands
0:35:03 > 0:35:06- # While there's a collar - on the greyhound
0:35:07 > 0:35:10- # I shall love the maid of the Abbey
0:35:10 > 0:35:14- # Although pain follows love
0:35:14 > 0:35:18- # When everything doesn't go our way
0:35:19 > 0:35:21- # I know, despite everything
0:35:22 > 0:35:25- # I must be true to you
0:35:32 > 0:35:35- # They say I am forbidden
0:35:35 > 0:35:40- # From loving a fair maiden
0:35:40 > 0:35:43- # But I'll love her - although rebuked
0:35:44 > 0:35:47- # While Bala is in Meirionnydd
0:35:47 > 0:35:52- # Although pain follows love
0:35:52 > 0:35:55- # When everything doesn't go our way
0:35:56 > 0:35:59- # I know, despite everything
0:35:59 > 0:36:03- # I must be true to you
0:36:10 > 0:36:14- # While the tide ebbs and flows
0:36:14 > 0:36:17- # While there's a head on beer
0:36:17 > 0:36:20- # While the oak tree blossoms
0:36:21 > 0:36:24- # And the sheepdog waits at the gate
0:36:24 > 0:36:28- # Although pain follows love
0:36:28 > 0:36:32- # When everything doesn't go our way
0:36:32 > 0:36:35- # I know, despite everything
0:36:36 > 0:36:39- # I must be true to you
0:36:39 > 0:36:43- # Although pain follows love
0:36:43 > 0:36:47- # When everything doesn't go our way
0:36:47 > 0:36:51- # I know, despite everything
0:36:51 > 0:36:54- # I must be true to you
0:37:00 > 0:37:05- # I must be true to you #
0:37:08 > 0:37:13- Dy Garu Di Sydd Raid is a new song - on the Llwybrau Gwyn collection.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16- After the break, - there's more music...
0:37:17 > 0:37:20- ..from Sian James, - Georgia Ruth, Calan and Plu.
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0:37:39 > 0:37:41- INSTRUMENTAL INTRODUCTION
0:38:01 > 0:38:07- # Do you want to come to me?
0:38:07 > 0:38:12- # Do you want to come closer?
0:38:13 > 0:38:18- # Whisper in my ear
0:38:18 > 0:38:24- # Like rustling grass
0:38:30 > 0:38:35- # A second in your company
0:38:35 > 0:38:41- # Answers to every prayer
0:38:41 > 0:38:46- # Shy animal charm me
0:38:47 > 0:38:53- # Before you flee into the darkness
0:38:59 > 0:39:09- # One cautious step at a time
0:39:10 > 0:39:19- # One touch before leaving
0:39:21 > 0:39:27- # Like a fox
0:39:28 > 0:39:34- # Like a fox
0:39:35 > 0:39:41- # Like a fox
0:39:41 > 0:39:48- # Like a fox
0:39:49 > 0:39:56- # Do you want to come to me?
0:39:56 > 0:40:02- # Do you want to come closer?
0:40:02 > 0:40:08- # Whisper in my ear
0:40:08 > 0:40:15- # Like rustling grass #
0:40:26 > 0:40:28- That was a performance by Plu.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32- Our next two songs - are traditional and familiar.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36- They're sung by Sian James - and Georgia Ruth.
0:40:53 > 0:41:00- # I served a season at Ty'n y Coed
0:41:00 > 0:41:07- # It was the most pleasant place - I'd ever seen
0:41:08 > 0:41:14- # Where little birds sang - and trees swayed in unity
0:41:14 > 0:41:18- # But my little heart was broken
0:41:18 > 0:41:21- # Despite all these
0:41:41 > 0:41:45- # I'll enlist at Glangaea Fair
0:41:45 > 0:41:48- # If things don't improve
0:41:49 > 0:41:55- # I'll take my shilling and - sail to the faraway shores of India
0:41:55 > 0:41:59- # I'll exchange the singing birds
0:41:59 > 0:42:02- # For the sound of pipes and drums
0:42:03 > 0:42:06- # I'll exchange the swaying trees
0:42:07 > 0:42:10- # For the murmur of lead pellets
0:42:11 > 0:42:15- # Hey-oh-oh-oh
0:42:15 > 0:42:18- # Hey-oh-eh-hey
0:42:44 > 0:42:51- # When I am shot, there'll be - a white handkerchief made of silk
0:42:51 > 0:42:55- # Red with blood - from my heart's wounds
0:42:55 > 0:42:58- # Take it to Gwen
0:42:59 > 0:43:05- # When you place it - in the most cruel hand
0:43:06 > 0:43:09- # Tell her it's from Wil
0:43:09 > 0:43:14- # That served a season - at Ty'n y Coed
0:43:14 > 0:43:16- # Yeah-oh-oh
0:43:18 > 0:43:21- # Yeah-hey-hey #
0:44:03 > 0:44:09- # It's filling fast, young lads
0:44:10 > 0:44:15- # For our journey across the ocean
0:44:16 > 0:44:23- # We must sing heartily
0:44:23 > 0:44:31- # When we raise the anchor
0:44:31 > 0:44:38- # The Blue Peter is in its place
0:44:38 > 0:44:44- # For our journey across the ocean
0:44:44 > 0:44:51- # We'll see the Southern Cross again
0:44:51 > 0:44:59- # When we raise the anchor
0:45:00 > 0:45:07- # Distant lands lie beyond the seas
0:45:07 > 0:45:13- # For our journey across the ocean
0:45:13 > 0:45:20- # The sun will shine in San Salvador
0:45:20 > 0:45:27- # When we raise the anchor
0:45:31 > 0:45:33- INSTRUMENTAL
0:45:51 > 0:45:59- # Farewell, my love, - the hours are long
0:45:59 > 0:46:05- # For our journey across the ocean
0:46:05 > 0:46:13- # I promise to marry
0:46:13 > 0:46:20- # When we raise the anchor
0:46:21 > 0:46:31- # When we raise the anchor #
0:46:33 > 0:46:35- APPLAUSE
0:46:35 > 0:46:37- Georgia Ruth with Codi Angor.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41- That's it from us. - Thank you for your company.
0:46:41 > 0:46:44- We hope you've enjoyed - our array of folk tunes.
0:46:44 > 0:46:48- We close the programme with - Calan's clog-dancing track.
0:46:49 > 0:46:51- It's goodbye from Y Stiwdio Gefn.
0:48:56 > 0:48:58- APPLAUSE
0:49:00 > 0:49:02- S4C Subtitles by Tinopolis
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