X:48
T:Mentra Gwen (Fiddler's Tunebook 1752)
T:48 "Autodiad 1 Mentra Gwen" upper staff
O:Wales
B:John Thomas' Fiddler's Tunebook 1752. No. 68
S:Cass Meurig's article "Singing to Fiddle playing
S:in the 18th Century" in
S:Canu Gwerin (Folk Song) No.24 2001 pp 20-41,
S:Cymdeithas Alawon Gwerin Cymru, ISSN 0967-0559.
F:mudcat.org/thred.cfm?threadid=70693
Z:transcribed by davidkidd.net July 2004
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q:130
K:C
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W:Y fwyn garedig ferch, mentra Gwen, mentra Gwen,
W:Lle rhoddais i fy serch, mentra Gwen;
W:Gwaith dyn wyf fi mewn galar,
W:yn ffaelu cerdded daear,
W:o'th garied di'r fun hawddgar;
W:Rwy'n deisyf cael dy ffafar, mentra Gwen, mentra Gwen.