The World of Wales in Song

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Annotation

Copyright: This Compilation ℗ 1999 Decca Music Group Limited

Annotation last modified on 2026-02-03 23:31 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Myfanwy
recording of:
Myfanwy (Joseph Parry)
lyricist:
Richard Davies (Mynyddog)
composer:
Joseph Parry
The North Wales Association of Male Voice Choirs2:42
2God Bless the Prince of Wales
choir vocals:
Morriston Orpheus Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1958)
recording of:
God Bless the Prince of Wales
lyricist:
George Linley
composer:
Henry Brinley Richards
The Morriston Orpheus Choir & Ivor E. Sims3:31
3Suo‐Gan
recording of:
Suo Gân
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
reconstructed by:
Robert Bryan (poet and folklorist)
Thomas L. Thomas & Enid Simon2:53
4Hyfrydol
choir vocals:
Pendyrus Male Choir
recording of:
Mewn Anialwch 'Rwyf yn Trigo (Hyfrydol) (Emyn â thôn / Hymn with tune)
lyricist:
William Williams (Welsh hymn writer)
composer:
Rowland Pritchard
is based on:
Hyfrydol (hymn tune, no lyrics)
version of:
Mewn Anialwch 'Rwyf yn Trigo (Emyn heb dôn / Hymn without a specified tune)
Pendyrus Male Choir, Allan Rees & Glynne Jones3:40
5Y Deryn Pur
choir vocals:
Treorchy Male Choir
recording of:
Y Deryn Pur ("Y deryn pur â’r adain las, bydd i mi’n was dibryder")
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Treorchy Male Choir & J.H. Davies2:43
6Elen Fwyn
recording of:
Elen Fwyn
composer:
Richard Samuel Hughes (19th C. Welsh composer)
David Lloyd & Merion Williams4:15
7Aberystwyth
partial recording of:
Beth Sydd imi yn y Byd? (Aberystwyth) (Emyn â thôn / Hymn with tune)
lyricist:
Morgan Rhys (Welsh hymnist)
composer:
Joseph Parry
version of:
Aberystwyth (hymn tune, no lyrics)
version of:
Beth Sydd imi yn y Byd? (Emyn heb dôn / Hymn without a specified tune)
partial recording of:
Jesu, Lover of My Soul (hymn with tune ‘Aberystwyth’)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer)
composer:
Joseph Parry (in 1879)
version of:
Aberystwyth (hymn tune, no lyrics)
version of:
Jesus, Lover of My Soul (hymn without a specified tune)
The Morriston Orpheus Choir & Ivor E. Sims3:00
8Llef
choir vocals:
Pendyrus Male Choir
recording of:
O Iesu Mawr, rho d'Anian Bur (Llef) (Emyn â thôn / Hymn with tune)
lyricist:
David Charles (Welsh hymn-writer, 1762–1834)
composer:
Griffith Hugh Jones (Gutyn Arfon, Welsh composer)
version of:
Llef (Hymn tune, no lyrics)
version of:
O Iesu Mawr, rho d'Anian Bur (Emyn heb dôn / Hymn without a specified tune)
Pendyrus Male Choir, Graham Elliott & Glynne Jones2:53
9Dafydd Y Garreg Wen
harp:
Enid Simon (harpist)
baritone vocals:
Thomas L. Thomas (Welsh American baritone)
recording of:
Dafydd y Garreg Wen
lyricist:
John Ceiriog Hughes (Welsh poet, 1832–1887)
composer:
David Owen (Welsh harpist, 1712–1741)
Thomas L. Thomas & Enid Simon3:03
10Sospan Fach
choir vocals:
Treorchy Male Choir
recording of:
Sosban Fach
lyricist:
Talog Williams
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Treorchy Male Choir & J.H. Davies3:26
11All Through the Night
choir vocals:
Treorchy Male Choir
recording of:
All Through the Night (Boulton lyrics)
lyricist:
Harold Boulton (in 1884)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25778)
version of:
Ar hyd y nos (All Through the Night, traditional Welsh air (no lyrics))
Treorchy Male Choir & J.H. Davies2:44
12Cwm Rhondda
choir vocals:
Pendyrus Male Choir
recording of:
Wele'n Sefyll Rhwng y Myrtwydd (Cwm Rhondda) (Emyn â thôn / Hymn with tune)
lyricist:
Ann Griffiths (Welsh hymn writer)
composer:
John Hughes (Welsh composer of hymns (including "Cwm Rhondda"), 1873–1932)
is based on:
Cwm Rhondda (1907 hymn tune, no lyrics)
is based on:
Wele'n Sefyll Rhwng y Myrtwydd (Emyn heb dôn / Hymn without a specified tune)
Pendyrus Male Choir, Allan Rees & Glynne Jones2:44
13Bugail Aberdyfi
recording of:
Bugail Aberdyfi (Fersiwn Idris Lewis)
lyricist:
John Ceiriog Hughes (Welsh poet, 1832–1887)
composer:
Idris Lewis
version of:
Bugail Aberdyfi (Cerdd wreiddiol)
David Lloyd & John Morgan Nicholas3:26
14Tydi a Roddiast
choir vocals:
Morriston Orpheus Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1958)
recording of:
Tydi a Roddaist
lyricist:
T. Rowland Hughes
composer:
Arwel Hughes (Welsh conductor and composer)
version of:
Tydi a Roddaist (Hymn tune, no lyrics)
version of:
Tydi, a Roddaist Liw i'r Wawr (Cerdd wreiddiol / original poem)
The Morriston Orpheus Choir & Ivor E. Sims4:10
15Hob y Deri Dando
choir vocals:
Treorchy Male Choir
recording of:
Hob y Deri Dando (traditional Welsh song (“Unwaith eto mi ddywedaf”))
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Treorchy Male Choir & J.H. Davies1:37
16Llwyn Onn
recording of:
Llwyn Onn ("Ym mhalas Llwyn Onn gynt fe drigai pendefig")
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
version of:
Llwyn Onn ("The Ash Grove", original melody)
Thomas L. Thomas & Enid Simon2:25
17Cysga Di
choir vocals:
Pendyrus Male Choir
recording of:
Cysga Di
composer:
Ieuan Rees-Davies
translator:
William Evans (Wil Ifan, Welsh poet)
version of:
Close Thine Eyes
Pendyrus Male Choir & Glynne Jones2:19
18We’ll Keep a Welcome
choir vocals:
Morriston Orpheus Choir
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Decca Record Company Limited (not a release label; for copyrights use only) (in 1958)
recording of:
We’ll Keep a Welcome
lyricist:
James Harper (songwriter) (in 1940) and Lyn Joshua (songwriter) (in 1940)
composer:
Mai Jones (in 1940)
The Morriston Orpheus Choir & Ivor E. Sims2:15
19My Little Welsh Home
tenor vocals:
David Lloyd (Welsh tenor)
recording of:
My Little Welsh Home
lyricist and composer:
William Stanley Gwynn Williams
part of:
Two Songs of the Welsh Mountains
David Lloyd & John Morgan Nicholas3:03
20Nant Y Mynydd
recording of:
Nant y Mynydd
lyricist:
John Ceiriog Hughes (Welsh poet, 1832–1887)
composer:
Friedrich Silcher (in 1853)
is based on:
Nun leb' wohl, du kleine Gasse
Treorchy Male Choir & J.H. Davies2:40
21Clychau Aberdyfi
recording of:
Clychau Aberdyfi
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
translated version of:
The Bells of Aberdovey
Thomas L. Thomas & Jacob Hanneman2:23
22Nos Da
recording of:
Nos Da ("Nos da, nos da fy maban mwyn")
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Treorchy Male Choir & J.H. Davies2:10
23Cartref
recording of:
Cartref
lyricist:
Richard Davies (Mynyddog)
composer:
William Trevor Evans (Welsh singer and composer)
David Lloyd & Cyril Anthony4:03
24Abide With Me
recording of:
Abide With Me (sung to Samuel Liddle’s unnamed 1896 hymn-tune)
lyricist:
Henry Francis Lyte
composer:
Samuel Liddle (British composer and pianist)
is based on:
Abide With Me (hymn without specified tune)
Edward Plucknett, Pendyrus Male Choir, Allan Rees & Glynne Jones5:38
25Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau
recording of:
Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau
anthem of:
Wales, United Kingdom
lyricist:
Evan James (Welsh poet) (in 1856-01)
composer:
James James (in 1856-01)
The North Wales Association of Male Voice Choirs2:05