yn canu yn padova. from a concert in northern italy - cariad cyntaf mp4

cariad cyntaf
mae prydferthwch ail i eden
yn dy fynwes gynnes feinwen
fwyn gariadus liwus lawen
seren syw clyw di'r claf

addo'th gariad i mi heno
gwnawn amodau cyn ymado
i ymrwymo doed a ddelo
rho dy gred a dwed y doi

liwus lonad serch fy mynwes
wiwdeg orau 'rioed a geres
mi'th gymeraf yn gymhares
rho dy gred a dwed y doi

yn dy lygaid caf wirionedd
yn serennu gras a rhinwedd
mae dy weld i mi'n orfoledd
seren syw clyw di'r claf



first love


there is beauty second to eden
in your warm breast white beauty girl
tender loving bright gay one
beautiful star hear the one who is ill

promise your love to me tonight
we'll make conditions before leaving
to bind together come whatever
give your belief and say you'll come

bright contented one love of my brest
fairest best thing that i ever loved
i'll take you as a partner
give your belief and say you'll come

in your eyes i have truth
that starshine grace and virtue
to see you is rejoicing to me
beautiful star hear the one who is ill

from a phonograph record of mr a. jenkins, van driver of aberystwyth, ceredigion (cardiganshire) who had also sung it at a folk song competition at llangeitho eisteddfod on august 11 1890