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Ffarwel I Aberystwyth

from Maid on the Shore by Spinning Wheel

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Traditional Welsh song about a young man who leaves his homeland when
his love marries another man.

lyrics

ffarwel i aberystwyth
ffarwel i ben maesglas
ffarwel i dwr y castell
a hefyd morfa glas

ffarwel i ben y parce
ffarwel i'r ffigwr ffor
ffarwel i'r ferch fach lanna
fu riod yn agor dor

myfi sydd fachgen ifanc
yn cario'r galon drom
a fi sy'n gorffod myned
dros y nawfed don

pan elwyf dros y ddegfed
ti elli ganu'n iach
ni ddeuai nol drachefen
i blwy llanbadarn fach

Ffarwel fo i Lanrhystud,
Lle bu^m i lawer gwaith
Yn caru'n o^l fy ffansi -
Ond ofer fu y gwaith.

Mi fuais i'n ei charu
Am bedwar mis ar ddeg;
Cawn weithiau tywydd garw,
Pryd arall dywydd teg.

Ac weithiau cawn hi'n fodlon
I wrando'm cwyn a'm cri -
Ond rhodd ei llaw i arall
A'm calon dorrodd hi

Translation :

Farewell to Aberystwyth
farewell to Pen Maesglas
farewell to the castle tower
And also to Morfa Glâs
Farewell to Penparcau
Farewell to Figure Four
Farewell to the purest young woman
Ever to open a door
I'm a young man
Carrying a heavy heart
I have to go
And over the ninth wave
When I go over the tenth
You can go and sing
I won't return
To the parish of Llanbadarn
Farewell to Llanrhystud
Where I many times
Loved what I fancied
But the attempts were useless
I loved her
For fourteen months
Sometimes we had rough weather
Other times fair weather
And sometimes I'd find her willing
To listen to my blues
But she gave her hand to another
And she broke my heart

credits

from Maid on the Shore, released September 19, 2009

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The spinning wheel as a motif symbolises many of our musical ideas and wishes. The sound of a spinning wheel has for many generations been associated with calm, reflection, winter, stories and magic.

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