14 Feb
2013
14 Feb
'13
12:10 a.m.
Hello everyone!
Pardon this post, but I'm getting frustrated and knowing Welsh spelling and
pronounciation, I decided to ask for help.
Is there a folksong called "Gwennadin" or similoar. It was mentioned in the
book "Tim Frazer gets the message" by Franics durbridge. I only have an
audiobook and no article about it seems to mention the piece. It's a
children's song or a folk song I believe. I thoght someone here might know it
or at least be able to spell it out for me.
Thank you and sorry once again.
Warm regards
Julien
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14 Feb
14 Feb
12:42 a.m.
Is there a snippet of the song in the audiobook?
A quick googling shows that the well-known folk song The Ash Grove is
Welsh, being called Llwyn Onn. According to Wikipedia "It tells of a
sailor's love for "Gwen of Llwyn". This sounds a bit of a stretch though
as it is well known as The Ash Grove.
Aha, this looks more like it... I also found mention of one called
Gwenno Fwyn (Gentle Gwen). Sadly the only videos on YouTube are all a
rockish rendition by a band called Erland and the Carnival. I did find
a midi file of the tune on a Welsh folk song website though.
Take all this with a pinch of slate dust: IANWAKNAFM -- I am not Welsh
and know nothing about folk music :-)
Q
On 13/02/13 23:10, Julien Claassen wrote:
Hello everyone!
Pardon this post, but I'm getting frustrated and knowing Welsh
spelling and pronounciation, I decided to ask for help.
Is there a folksong called "Gwennadin" or similoar. It was mentioned
in the book "Tim Frazer gets the message" by Franics durbridge. I only
have an audiobook and no article about it seems to mention the piece.
It's a children's song or a folk song I believe. I thoght someone here
might know it or at least be able to spell it out for me.
Thank you and sorry once again.
Warm regards
Julien
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12:48 a.m.
Hello Q!
Thanks a lot, this really looks promising. Unfortunately no excerpt of the
song is played. But Gwenno Fwyn really might be it, taking into account the
cowderwelsh. :-)
I will have a search and see, if I find a version, that will satisfy my
folkish and gentle heart. :-)
Warmly yours
Julien
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1:18 a.m.
This site has a midi file and a translation of the words:
http://www.contemplator.com/wales/gengwen.html
As I said, there are no "straight" versions of it on YouTube that I
could see. At first I thought the one I found was a different song -- it
just had the verses in a different order.
Q
On 13/02/13 23:48, Julien Claassen wrote:
Hello Q!
Thanks a lot, this really looks promising. Unfortunately no excerpt
of the song is played. But Gwenno Fwyn really might be it, taking into
account the cowderwelsh. :-)
I will have a search and see, if I find a version, that will satisfy
my folkish and gentle heart. :-)
Warmly yours
Julien
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