Annotation:Baledwyr Merthyr
X:1 T:Baledwyr Merthyr T:Merthyr Ballad Singers M:2/4 L:1/8 Q:"Moderato" R:Air B:Nicholas Bennett – Alawon fy Ngwlad (1896, p. 56) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb B|(d>B) BA|(G/A/B) zB|(d>F) (FE)|(D/E/F) zF|d>BBB|cd(e>d)| (c>B)AG|F2 z||A|c>ccd|G>GGB|B>BAG|F2 zF|DF B>G| AB(c>A)|Bc(d>c)|(Bd)(f>e)|(d/c/B F/G/A)|[D3B3]||
BALEDWYR MERTHYR. AKA - "Bladurwyr Merthyr Mwyn." Welsh, Air (2/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody was entered into the music manuscript collection entitled "Llewelyn Alaw’s Collection of Unpublished Welsh Airs" (1858, No. 13, p. 4). Harper Thomas D. Llewelyn’s collection won a prize at the Llangollen Eisteddfod of 1858.
