The page contains the words of this year’s St David’s Day songs, as separate files. Each file can be downloaded and saved on your device, edited, or printed as Microsoft Word documents, or saved as pdfs.
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There are also audio files of Singing Club singing some of the songs. In addition a few audio files are provided giving the pronunciation of some of the songs. Simply download and save these as described above, your device will play them when you click on them.
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St David’s Day song List 2023
Cwm Rhondda (‘Bread of Heaven’)
Audio file, choir singing:
Calon Lân (words)
Audio file with spoken pronunciation of first verse:
Audio file, choir singing traditional tune:
Yma o Hyd
Keep the Home Fires Burning / Soldier Lad
Take Me Home
Audio file, choir singing:
Oes Gafr Eto? – Counting Goats (words and phonetic pronunciation)
Audio file with spoken pronunciation:
Sosban Fach
Audio file, choir singing:
Link to BBC video of Singing Clubs singing Sosban Fach at 2016 National Eisteddfod, with signing (this will open in an external website):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/saf/36937568
Men of Harlech
Audio file, choir singing:
Ar Lan y Môr
Mi Ganaf Gân
If Paradise is Half as Nice
We’ll Keep a Welcome
National Anthem – Mae Hen Wlad fy Nhadau (words and some notes on pronunciation)
Audio file with spoken pronunciation:
Audio file with choir singing:
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