Set Daw'r Gaeaf

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2025
December set

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Daw'r Gaeaf
The winter will come
Midi
Gif
Hir Oes i Fair
Long life to Mary
Midi
Gif
Tua Bethl'em Dref
To the town of Bethlehem
Midi
Gif
Set Daw'r Gaeaf
The Winter Will Come Set


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Mae'r set hon yn cynnwys dwy alaw traddodiadol Cymreig ac un mwy diweddar sy'n dilyn y traddodiad.
Mae gan Daw'r Gaeaf y strwythur traddodiadol Cymreig AABA  gyda'r rhan gyntaf A yn y cywair lleiaf (Dm) yn cael ei hail-ddatgan, ac yna mae rhan B yn troi i'r cywair mwyaf (F) ac wedyn dychwelyd i'r cywair lleiaf gyda ran A i orffen.
Mae fersiwn symlach o'r garol Plygain Hir Oes i Fair yn dilyn mewn G fwyaf.
Mae'r set yn gorffen mewn amser 6/8 gyda Tua Beth'lem Dref, alaw sydd eto gyda strwythur arall traddodiadol Cymraeg sef ABA gyda'r geiriau gan y prifardd Wil Ifan (William Evans). Ysgrifennwyd yr alaw yn 1934 gan yr Athro Cerdd David Evans o dan y ffugenw Edward Arthur, a chafodd ei defnyddio yn ffilm 1987 o stori
Dylan Thomas A Child's Christmas in Wales.

This set comprises two traditional Welsh tunes and a more recent one.
Daw'r Gaeaf (the winter is coming) has the traditional haunting Welsh AABA structure with the first part A in a minor key (Dm) which is restated, then in part Bgoes into the relative major (F) before reverting to the minor of part A to finish.
A simplified version of the Plygain carol Hir Oes i Fair (a long life to Mary) follows in G major.
The set closes in 6/8 time with Tua Beth'lem Dref (On to Bethlehem Town) with words written by William Evans (bardic name Wil Ifan)  set to music with the ABA structure. The melody was written in 1934 by music Professor David Evans under the pseudonym Edward Arthur and was used in the 1987 film of Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales.





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1. Tua Bethl'em dref, awn yn fintau gref
Ac addolwn Ef.
Gyda’r llwythau, Unwn ninnau
Ar y llwybrau at y crud.
Tua’r preseb awn, gyda chalon lawn,
A phenlinio wnawn.
On to Bethlhem town we shall go in crowds and worship him.
With our loads, we shall join on the paths to the cradle.
We shall go to the manger with full hearts and kneel

2. I fachgennyn Mair, Yn y gwellt a'r gwair
Y tragwyddol Air,
Dygwn roddion: serch y galon,
Aur anrhegion, thus a myrr.
Tua Bethlem dref, awn yn fintal gref,
Ac addolwn Ef.
                                                              Wil Ifan   

To Mary's son, in the straw and hay, the eternal word
We shall carry gifts: love of the heart,
Gifts of  gold, frankinsense and Myrrh.
On to Bethlhem town we shall go in crowds and worship him.

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