THE ASH GROVE (Llwyn Onn) TRADITIONAL WELSH FOLK SONG

THE ASH GROVE - TRADITIONAL WELSH FOLK SONG. ORIGIN POSSIBLY 18TH/19TH CENTURY.
MANY VARIATIONS IN THE LYRICS, BUT THIS IS THE VERSION I HAVE.

(THE ASH GROVE)
DOWN YONDER GREEN VALLEY, WHERE STREAMLETS MEANDER,
WHEN TWILIGHT IS FADING, I PENSIVELY ROVE.
OR AT THE BRIGHT NOONTIDE, IN SOLITUDE WANDER,
AMID THE DARK SHADES OF THE LONELY ASH GROVE.
'TWAS THERE WHILE THE BLACKBIRD WAS CHEERFULLY SINGING,
I FIRST MET MY DEAR ONE, THE JOY OF MY HEART.
AROUND US FOR GLADNESS, THE BLUE BELLS WERE SPRINGING,
AH! THEN LITTLE THOUGHT I, HOW SOON WE WOULD PART.

( 2ND VERSE)
STILL GLOWS THE BRIGHT SUNSHINE,O'ER VALLEY AND MOUNTAIN,
STILL WARBLES THE BLACKBIRD IT'S NOTE FROM THE TREE.
STILL TREMBLES THE MOONBEAM ON STREAMLET AND FOUNTAIN.
BUT WHAT ARE THE BEAUTIES OF NATURE TO ME?
WITH SORROW, DEEP SORROW, MY BOSOM IS LADEN.
ALL DAY I GO MOURNING IN SEARCH OF MY LOVE.
YE ECHOES, OH! TELL ME, WHERE IS THE SWEET MAIDEN?
SHE SLEEPS 'NEATH THE GREEN TURF DOWN BY THE ASH GROVE.

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[CheshireKhat1]

Thanks for this. These are the lyrics my mother sang. I found these lyrics once in a Girl Scout music book, but that is long since lost. Appreciate this. :)

[deathbicherry]

@30stmlvr17 Same here. I love it. haha

[patrick9648]

This is great song, but would have sounded better on a real piano.

[ceslovessmileys]

singing exam tomorrow , this really helped xx

[igoodallmunroe]

Im singing this in my exam tomorrow, it's really helped me with my words, thanks.

[30stmlvr17]

i had to sing this song when i was little, i really liked it but i could never remember the lyrics. I can tell this song is really good =]