| Author | Topic: Add: Llantwit Major | |
| dmcg | Posted - 14 Dec 04 - 08:53 am | |
O Mary, Mary, mine, Come and greet this morn so fine, The birds are singing gaily, Make haste while sun doth shine (Chorus) Hoo on! Hoo on! Hoo! O Mary, Mary soon Will the hour be striking noon, Come spread the table briskly With knife and fork and spoon. O Mary. Mary, see Even now 'tis time for tea, The cows are coming slowly, 'Tis milking soon you'll be. O Mary, Mary mine, 'Tis no moment to repine, We'll to the woods so blithely, Fair garlands to entwine. Source: Singing Together, Spring 1972, BBC Publications Notes: An acknowlegement is given in the pamphlet to "Miss Grace Williams for 'Llantwit Major' from Six Welsh Oxen Songs.". (I am sure one of our Welsh experts will correct me if I have the capitalisation wrong here. I understood that 'll' is a single letter in Welsh, but haven't a clue if that means it should be written 'LL' as a capital. I have followed the booklet style.) | ||
| Jon Freeman | Posted - 14 Dec 04 - 11:21 am | |
You've got that right Dave. Incidentally Llan means church or parish of. "twit" appears to be a corruption of (St.) Illtyd. | ||
| Mr Happy | Posted - 16 Dec 04 - 01:02 am | |
Why's it called Llantwit Major? Those words don't feature in the song at all- are they included in the welsh version? | ||