Gwerin o'r Stiwdio Gefn Stiwdio Gefn

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-Welcome to a special programme.

-Tonight, we'll enjoy highlights

-of folk music from Y Stiwdio Gefn.

-There's Sian James, Ryland Teifi,

-Georgia Ruth, Plu and many more.

-Our first group has introduced Welsh

-folk music to continental audiences.

-This is Calan.

-APPLAUSE

-# Oh, my wanderer

-# What did you see?

-# Between Dyfi and Marchlyn

-# What untied the knots

-you had inside?

-# What did you see?

-# What did you see?

-# Between Marchlyn and Dyfi

-# What did you see?

-# What was so much better than me?

-# Oh, my love

-# What did you see?

-# It took away

-# Your longing for me

-# What did you see?

-# What did you see?

-# Between Marchlyn and Dyfi

-# What did you see?

-# What was so much better than me?

-# Gold and silver will perish

-# A weak man's longing

-will perish too

-# Oh, my wanderer

-# What did you see? #

-# I'll write a letter to you

-# White paper and your address

-# Travelling across the strong winds

-# To my saviour, my awakening

-# Despite the barriers breaking

-# You feel so close

-# Despite holding you so tight

-# This distance worries you

-# There's only a day,

-until the day comes

-# You know that I'll return

-# Banish your doubts

-# Dive deep into your heart

-# Let go of being callous

-# And grab happiness by the hands

-# There's only a day,

-until the day comes

-# You know that I'll return

-INSTRUMENTAL

-# Ah-ah

-# Ah-ha

-# Ah-ha

-# Ah-ha

-# I'll pack up my few belongings

-# Open the door into the deluge

-# I'll be there, I won't wander

-# Further than your arms reach

-# There's only a day,

-until the day comes

-# You know that I'll return #

-That was Blodau Gwylltion and Plu.

-The last track

-appeared on Plu's debut album.

-Our next set of siblings

-are Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog...

-..with Cychod Wil a Mer.

-# When summer comes

-# We'll tug the boats,

-tug the boats, tug the boats

-# When summer comes, we'll tug

-the boats, Wil and Mer's boats

-# We'll sail the Lily

-and the old Felinheli

-# We'll sail the Lily

-and on Wil and Mer's boat

-# When summer comes

-# We'll paint the boats,

-paint the boats, paint the boats

-# When summer comes, we'll paint

-the boats, Wil and Mer's boats

-# We'll sail the Lily

-and the old Felinheli

-# We'll sail the Lily

-and on Wil and Mer's boat

-# When summer comes

-# We'll sail the boats,

-sail the boats, sail the boats

-# When summer comes, we'll sail

-the boats, Wil and Mer's boats

-# We'll sail the Lily

-and the old Felinheli

-# We'll sail the Lily

-and on Wil and Mer's boat

-INSTRUMENTAL

-# When summer ends

-# We'll keep the boats,

-keep the boats, keep the boats

-# When summer ends, we'll keep

-the boats, Wil and Mer's boats

-# We'll sail the Lily

-and the old Felinheli

-# We'll sail the Lily

-and on Wil and Mer's boat

-# We'll sail the Lily

-and the old Felinheli

-# We'll sail the Lily

-and on Wil and Mer's boat

-# On Wil and Mer's boat

-# On Wil and Mer's boat #

-APPLAUSE

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-Welcome back to a folk edition

-of Y Stiwdio Gefn.

-Ryland Teifi, Fflur Dafydd and

-Endaf Gremlin are all on their way.

-We start this part with a prominent

-and pioneering Welsh folk musician.

-It's Sian James

-with Ffarwel i Aberystwyth.

-INSTRUMENTAL INTRODUCTION

-# Farewell to Aberystwyth

-# Farewell to Pen Maesglas

-# Farewell to the castle tower

-# Farewell to Morfa Glas

-# Farewell to Morfa Glas

-# Farewell to Penparcau

-# Farewell to Figure Four

-# Farewell to the purest young woman

-# Ever to open a door

-# Ever to open a door

-# Ever to open a door

-# Ever to open a door

-# And sometimes I'd find her willing

-# To listen to my blues

-# But she gave her hand to another

-# And she broke my heart

-# And she broke my heart

-# She broke my heart

-# She broke my heart

-# She broke my heart

-# She broke my heart #

-APPLAUSE

-# Come down to the river,

-to the forest and black hole

-# To the place where you planted

-your withered flowers

-# I'll remember what you were like

-# If you'll remember me

-# Come down to the river

-to hide along the shore

-# To feel the sound

-of our days in the soil

-# The blood of battle is upon us

-# But this water is free

-# There's life in your eyes

-# Memories fill my eyes

-INSTRUMENTAL

-# Come down to the river

-to find our lost days

-# No-one will see your smile

-apart from the day

-# We'll unite

-to the song of the fairies

-# And the angry fairies

-# There's life in your eyes

-# Memories fill my eyes #

-INSTRUMENTAL

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-# The snow falls on Lammas Street

-and the people stop and stare

-# They say,

-"March can't find its feet"

-# And the spring just gazes on

-# The spring just gazes on

-# Many moons ago,

-on this same street

-# A door opened suddenly

-and I couldn't find my feet

-# But I stepped

-into the whiteness anyway

-# I stepped into the whiteness

-# And my love, on that cold evening

-you were like unexpected snow

-# That fell oh so suddenly,

-so that I didn't even know

-# That the pavements were slippery

-and that we had no place to go

-# And for a girl

-who likes the winter

-# I was happy to let it go

-# As the snow kept falling

-# The snow kept falling

-on Lammas Street

-# As the snow kept falling

-# The snow kept falling

-# The snow kept falling

-on Lammas Street

-# They say that the Eskimo

-knows all too well

-# That you have to give in

-to the snow's fury

-# Lie down until it quells

-# And only the European souls

-refuse to bend

-# Fighting the storm

-'till its bitter end

-# Well that very evening,

-I gave in to the cold

-# And lay down in that snow-hole,

-deciding to let it go

-# My frozen soul

-wrapped around your warm core

-# My frozen soul

-wrapped around your warm core

-# Because my love, even today,

-you are my unexpected snow

-# That keeps falling silently

-so that I sometimes don't even know

-# That the pavement's oh so slippery

-and when we have no place to go

-# I'm a girl who likes the winter

-# Who's prepared to let it go

-# The snow keeps falling

-# The snow keeps falling

-on Lammas Street

-# The snow keeps falling

-# Snow keeps falling

-# Snow keeps falling

-on Lammas Street

-# Many moons ago,

-on this same street

-# A door opened suddenly

-and I couldn't find my feet

-# On Lammas Street #

-APPLAUSE

-Ryland Teifi and Fflur Dafydd...

-..are followed by Endaf Gremlin

-with Can Y Melinydd.

-# I have a golden foal

-who is four years old

-# With four fine silver horse shoes

-upon her four hooves

-# She leaps and prances gaily

-beneath a fair maiden

-# Full twenty miles she'll

-carry her, unaware of a bridle

-# I have a cosy cottage

-and a newly-built mill

-# And three contented dappled cows,

-grazing on the hill

-# I have a horse and wagon

-and a pony, small with grace

-# And ten well-fed and woolly sheep

-and a pig inside the sty

-# I have a corner cupboard

-with china for our tea

-# A dresser in the kitchen

-and all placed tidily

-# I have a hen and cockerel,

-a fatted pig and cow

-# And with my wife here at my side,

-I'm very happy now

-INSTRUMENTAL

-# I can hear the cuckoo sing,

-the spring has arrived

-# Rejoice, the spring has arrived #

-APPLAUSE

-Endaf Gremlin concludes this part.

-After the break, we'll enjoy music

-from Tecwyn Ifan and Georgia Ruth.

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-# Yes, I saw the dawn again

-# Yes, the morning returned

-# And the heart starts beating again

-# But under the shadow

-of a faithful fool

-# I can say like O' Hara

-# But in so few words

-# Say what you have to say,

-it's in tatters

-# We're both in a heap our ruins

-# Et-ra-i

-# The summer is here again

-# Etrai

-# There's a straight line

-between the Earth

-# And a fine line for redemption

-# If you want to save us

-# Press on

-# Take hold, forget your worries

-# You'll find warmth in my arms

-# We'll find a refuge again

-# Tender, fair love

-# Et-ra-i

-# The summer is here again

-# Etrai

-INSTRUMENTAL

-# Et-ra-i

-# The summer is here again

-# Etrai

-# E-tra-i #

-Etrai is from the successful album,

-Week of Pines by Georgia Ruth.

-Next, we've got two love ballads

-from Lleuwen and Tecwyn Ifan.

-# How do I refuse the little bird

-that's in his faithful eyes?

-# Sometimes it glides past

-and flies like a wren

-# Straight into my silly soul and

-it makes its nest, without a care

-# Without worrying

-about the iron bars

-# That surround the cage in my heart

-# Without worrying

-about the iron bars

-# That surround the cage in my heart

-INSTRUMENTAL

-# How do I refuse a little bird who

-came to me through the fireplace?

-# Searching for a reason

-or a companion

-# Come back and say it straight

-# To the man with faithful eyes

-# About the magical iron bars that

-surround the cage within my heart

-# About the magical iron bars that

-surround the cage within my heart

-# How do I refuse the little bird

-in his black eyes?

-# It rests once again

-in my feathered bed

-# I have nothing but crumbs,

-memories and old stories

-# Safe behind the iron bars

-of the cage within my heart

-# Safe behind the iron bars

-of the cage within my heart

-# Safe behind the iron bars

-of the cage within my heart #

-APPLAUSE

-# River Conwy flowing yellow

-# Taking trees from the meadow

-# I would thrice turn in its flow

-# Before letting my love go

-# While there is water

-for Conwy's ferry

-# While Llanrwst Bridge stands

-# While there's a collar

-on the greyhound

-# I shall love the maid of the Abbey

-# Although pain follows love

-# When everything doesn't go our way

-# I know, despite everything

-# I must be true to you

-# They say I am forbidden

-# From loving a fair maiden

-# But I'll love her

-although rebuked

-# While Bala is in Meirionnydd

-# Although pain follows love

-# When everything doesn't go our way

-# I know, despite everything

-# I must be true to you

-# While the tide ebbs and flows

-# While there's a head on beer

-# While the oak tree blossoms

-# And the sheepdog waits at the gate

-# Although pain follows love

-# When everything doesn't go our way

-# I know, despite everything

-# I must be true to you

-# Although pain follows love

-# When everything doesn't go our way

-# I know, despite everything

-# I must be true to you

-# I must be true to you #

-Dy Garu Di Sydd Raid is a new song

-on the Llwybrau Gwyn collection.

-After the break,

-there's more music...

-..from Sian James,

-Georgia Ruth, Calan and Plu.

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-INSTRUMENTAL INTRODUCTION

-# Do you want to come to me?

-# Do you want to come closer?

-# Whisper in my ear

-# Like rustling grass

-# A second in your company

-# Answers to every prayer

-# Shy animal charm me

-# Before you flee into the darkness

-# One cautious step at a time

-# One touch before leaving

-# Like a fox

-# Like a fox

-# Like a fox

-# Like a fox

-# Do you want to come to me?

-# Do you want to come closer?

-# Whisper in my ear

-# Like rustling grass #

-That was a performance by Plu.

-Our next two songs

-are traditional and familiar.

-They're sung by Sian James

-and Georgia Ruth.

-# I served a season at Ty'n y Coed

-# It was the most pleasant place

-I'd ever seen

-# Where little birds sang

-and trees swayed in unity

-# But my little heart was broken

-# Despite all these

-# I'll enlist at Glangaea Fair

-# If things don't improve

-# I'll take my shilling and

-sail to the faraway shores of India

-# I'll exchange the singing birds

-# For the sound of pipes and drums

-# I'll exchange the swaying trees

-# For the murmur of lead pellets

-# Hey-oh-oh-oh

-# Hey-oh-eh-hey

-# When I am shot, there'll be

-a white handkerchief made of silk

-# Red with blood

-from my heart's wounds

-# Take it to Gwen

-# When you place it

-in the most cruel hand

-# Tell her it's from Wil

-# That served a season

-at Ty'n y Coed

-# Yeah-oh-oh

-# Yeah-hey-hey #

-# It's filling fast, young lads

-# For our journey across the ocean

-# We must sing heartily

-# When we raise the anchor

-# The Blue Peter is in its place

-# For our journey across the ocean

-# We'll see the Southern Cross again

-# When we raise the anchor

-# Distant lands lie beyond the seas

-# For our journey across the ocean

-# The sun will shine in San Salvador

-# When we raise the anchor

-INSTRUMENTAL

-# Farewell, my love,

-the hours are long

-# For our journey across the ocean

-# I promise to marry

-# When we raise the anchor

-# When we raise the anchor #

-APPLAUSE

-Georgia Ruth with Codi Angor.

-That's it from us.

-Thank you for your company.

-We hope you've enjoyed

-our array of folk tunes.

-We close the programme with

-Calan's clog-dancing track.

-It's goodbye from Y Stiwdio Gefn.

-APPLAUSE

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