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Y Dawnswyr

from GALW by Tinc y Tannau

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This song was first recorded on Sianed's Canu'r Adeilad / Singing the Building CD on Sound and Language label available on Sianed's band camp page. sianedjones.bandcamp.com
Sianed re-arranged it for Tinc y Tannau and it has become a regular song in the set.

lyrics

Y dawnswyr
swn y don
swn y chwerthin yn y gwynt
swn canu llawenydd
y dawnswyr y dawnswyr

Its the ladies dancing ground
Quatrefoils and Cinquefoils
Sea foam rings their ankles
Feet set off a thousand bells
that echo beneath the waves

Goleudydd a Goleunos
Dros y llawr
fel rhiwbeth anweledig yn pasio trwodd
Y breuddwyd y dawnswyr

Those are dancing skirts
Those are dancing feet
They are air
They are rock
A shattering sea confusing to the eye
They know the subtle art of weaving air into stone

A dyma fi yn gofyn i'r colofnau ddawnsio
i gymryd fy llaw
Surprising all this magnificence
dancing breath and stone
Am eiliad am oes am eiliad am oes
i gymryd fy llaw
Stone column take my hand

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from GALW, released September 7, 2018
Composed by Sianed Jones
Lyrics by Christine Watkins
Performed by Ailsa Mair Hughes and Sianed Jones, both on voices and bass viola da gamba

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Tinc y Tannau Aberystwyth, UK

A duet with a difference. A luscious mix of Beauty and Mischief

Sianed Jones and Ailsa Mair Hughes sing and play Seven String Bass Viola da Gamba at the same time! They conjure up rich, four part harmonies and rhythms. Playful improvisations, original songs, 16th century viol and voice pieces and unusual settings of Welsh Poetry. The ancient influencing the now and careering into the future ... more

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