Y Gwydd (The Wood}

Lovely Welsh traditional song sung by
the group Ffynnon with imagines old and new from Poways and Caenarvonshire.
This is my first attempt at a video please excuse.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• welsh
• traditional
• wales
• language
• celtic
• world
• gwydd
• ffynnon

[griffcats]

Great song. I have a book of songs from W.S. Gwyn Williams with this song it. He gave it to me years ago when I stumbled on his doorstep backpacking and lost in Wales as a teenager. There are several hauntingly beautiful songs in that book which could use your wonderful touch, and sweet sound.

[chintzgirl]

Ooops

just seeing this comment now Griffcats. Thanks

so much for your kind words. How lucky you are to

have stumbled on such a nice and talented man.

Cheers,

Karen

[UISTMAN59]

This is a lovely song and the pictures are great. I should have dripped by long before now. Thanks for posting this video, and Merry Christmas to you.

[chintzgirl]

Thank you so much for all the wonderful videos

you've posted. Also, a very Jolly Christmas

to you too and a very Happy Healthy New Year!

Karen

[blutortu]

Google Translate is having the best of times with these Welsh lyrics. I'm just enjoying the sound.

[Ynysmydwr]

@YCerddod Rhywbeth fel yn y Wyddeleg, ie. Ond mater o gofrestr neu dafodiaith bersonol [register or idiolect] yw e yn hytrach yn y Gymraeg. Felly mae pobl sy'n ynganu, er enghraifft, "mis" fel /mis/ ac eraill sy'n dweud /miʃ/.

[YCerddod]

@Ynysmydwr Diolch yn fawr iawn, ro'n in credu mai neb oedd yn mynd i'm ateb i. Felly, rhywbeth fel yn y Gwyddeleg, yntê?

[Ynysmydwr]

@YCerddod "sg" is pronounced "shg" in the words "gwisg" (dress) and "disgwyl" (expect) in this song -- not, however, because of the "g" but under the influence of the preceding vowel "i".

[sauronsdaugther]

Unfortunately I cannot understand a word, but the song is beautiful and the pics are fantastic.

Thanks!

:-)

PS. I think I have a version of this song by Sian James. Sweet and haunting... ;-)

[YCerddod]

there's something I don't understand, if someone could explain. Is "s" in welsh pronounce as "sh" in some contexts (apart from when there's si+vocal)? For example before g. ??

[iggy23]

Pan oeddwn ar frig noswaith yn y gwŷdd, yn y gwŷdd Yn gweithio ngrefft mewn gobaith yn y gwŷdd Meddyliais wrth fy hunan, Na wyddwn pa mor fuan Er dwysed oedd fy amcan yn y gwŷdd, yn y gwŷdd Y cawn ymador cyfan yn y gwŷdd, yn y gwŷdd Am hyn gadawaf canu yn y gwŷdd, yn y gwŷdd I fynd om gwisg i gysgu yn y gwŷdd Os gofyn neb trwyr gwledydd Un pryd pwy oedd y prydydd Mab sydd yn disgwyl beunydd yn y gwŷdd, yn y gwŷdd Cael nef a daear newydd yn y gwŷdd, yn y gwŷdd

[iggy23]

Indeed, but this is Welsh :/

[petrexxa]

God Bless Ireland