Watching the Wheat or Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn a Welsh Song

A Welsh Folk song by Wil Hopcyn b. 1700 describing a tragic love affair. Sung by the Rehoboth Welsh Choir in Delta Pennsylvania. The scenes are all around the town of Delta except the last one which is a sunset on Llandudno beach in North Wales. There are views of the Slate Quarries which are now flooded. The massive size of a great quarrying tradition is evident in some of the pictures. Many lost their lives when the Funkhauser Quarry flooded, and tragically some drown in the quarries yet today and they are strictly off limits as one of the most dangerous sites in the USA. The Cottages were built for the Quarrymen in the 19th century and still stand, in process of renovation. The red Church is the home of Cor Rehoboth. They can be found at: http://home.comcast.net/~rbaskwil/chapel.html Donations to the restoration and preservation of the cottages and tradition would be welcome

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Music

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• classical
• world
• music
• folk
• Welsh
• Wales
• Cymru
• Cymraeg
• Bugeilio'r
• Gwenith
• Gwyn

[PETEREM100]

beautiful song from the land of song.Wil Hopcyn lived in a small village called Llangynwyd,Maesteg.If you ever go there,in the graveyard,leaning up against a wall.u will find his headstone

[griffcats]

@PETEREM100 Trying desparately to get back to Wales. Think Ill have to win a bet on the Welsh winning the World cup to get the funding to get there again!

[1950Jazzsinger]

As this is playing, I'm crying like a baby. This was town I spent every Thanksgiving visiting my grandparents and numerous holidays. I lived here when I first began teaching in York. The Welsh music and yearly musical festivities are beyond compare. You need not speak Welsh to comprehend the emotion of the music. My brother sent this to me or I may never have seen it. It was a honor to sing in the Welsh Church. My mother instilled our Welsh background into us from an early age.My family is here.

[griffcats]

@1950Jazzsinger hi, just returned from a Cymanfa in Delta. I seemed to have missed your comment a few months ago. Im glad you like the video. The flooded quarries are not very well known, and off limits, but the remnants of a great tradition are evident. The Delta Welsh church is small but it has great acoustics for hymn singing, and we have had first rate soloists there as well. Today we had a harpist that was brilliant! A beautiful day it was as well, and the church was full for the Cymanfa

[usenetposts]

Now I've heard the best rendition of this on youtube. Better than mine, better than Mary and even better than Aled. This is done with great Welsh spirit and musicality. I cannot find fault with it.

[griffcats]

A very much appreciated comment, diolch yn fawr!

[VotumPhotographer]

@PETEREM100 I know friend.... He's one of my ancestors :)

[PETEREM100]

@soullimbo Type in I`r Beguilio Gwenyth Gwyn and English version.Some of your words are wrong

[PETEREM100]

@griffcats Everyone gets a welcome in Wales.TBH.I was born bout 3 miles of Llangynwyd.My doughter now attends the same school I left 32 years ago.If you are on twitter you can follow me,under the username LISYDD.YOU ARE WELCOME TO

[1950Jazzsinger]

@griffcats It's been my honor to solo in that church many times. It's old and the seats tend to make you slide off, but once the voices rejoice in song, you don't care, time flies. My father worked in the quaries until he was able to escape and go to college. I was baptized in the Phila. Welsh Church.. My grandparents home can never be torn down because it is an original miner's home. My house numbers are on a piece of the slate. Delta is its' own time capsule, never changing.

[mizofan]

@usenetposts Thomas l Thomas sings it beautifully