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Nos Galan

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Nos Galan(New Years)/Y Gelynnen(The Holly Tree)/Deck The Halls (Welsh) 3:49

This secular carol is the Welsh inspiration for the better known Deck the Halls. Those who are cold, whether from loneliness, poverty or the snows on Mount Snowdon, are exhorted to enjoy the warmth of the holidays. Y Gelynnen, a holly kind of tune from Anglesey, leads into a thumping rendition of Deck the Halls as most of us know it.

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Nos Galan(New Years)/../Deck The Halls
Oer yw’r gŵr sy’n methu cary
Hen fynyddoedd annwyl Cymru
Iddo ef a’u câr cynhesaf
Gwyliau llawen flwyddyn nesaf.

I’r helbulus oer yw’r biliau
Sydd yn dyfod yn y Gwyliau
Gwrando begeth mewn un pennill
Byth na waria fwy na’th ennill.

Oer yw’r eira ar Eryi
Er fod gwrthban gwlanen arni
Oer yw’r bobol na ofalan’
Gwrdd a’u gilydd ar Nos Galan..

[Translation:
Cold is the man who does not love
The old mountains of dear Wales.
To him and his warmest love
Happy holidays next year.

To the worried one, bills are “cold”,
The bills that come during the holidays.
Listen to the sermon in one line -
Don’t spend more than you earn!

Cold is the snow on Snowdon
Even though there is a wool blanket on it.
Cold are the people who do not care
To meet each other on New Year’s Eve.]

Deck The Halls
Deck the halls with boughs of holly,
Fa la la la la la la la la.
'Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la etc..
Don we now our gay apparel, Fa la etc..
Troll the ancient Yuletide carol, Fa la etc..

© 1996 Barnaby Productions Inc.

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from Nutmeg & Ginger, released October 1, 1996

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IONA has been taking its unique brand of traditional Celtic music to festivals, arts centers, schools & house concerts all over North America and Europe since 1986, blending music from the various Celtic traditions with stories and a little humor - Barbara Ryan (vocals, bouzouki, bodhran), Bernard Argent (flute, doumbek), Chuck Lawhorn (bass), Jim Queen (fiddle, banjo) & Kathleen Larrick (dance). ... more

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