Myfanwy

Not being able to find any suitable photos of a Myfanwy, we have resorted to the next best thing, three top blokes captured in action (don't ask!) at BlokeFest 2013, so we thought that would be a good substitute.  In passing, the Welsh translation sounds pretty close to Myfanwy if spoken with a muffled North Waleian accent, try it.

Anyway, we mention this because we have recently posted an updated version in our Practice Pieces on one of our Soundclouds, to help the chaps learn all those tricky words and can be found at https://soundcloud.com/the-magnificent-ak47/myfanwy-at-the-end-of-the.

Welsh (Old Englishe)	English
Paham mae dicter, O Myfanwy, Yn llenwi'th lygaid duon di? A'th ruddiau tirion, O Myfanwy, Heb wrido wrth fy ngweled i? Pa le mae'r wên oedd ar dy wefus Fu'n cynnau 'nghariad ffyddlon ffôl? Pa le mae sain dy eiriau melys, Fu'n denu'n nghalon ar dy ôl?	Why is it anger, O Myfanwy, That fills your eyes so dark and clear? Your gentle cheeks, O sweet Myfanwy, Why blush they not when I draw near? Where is the smile that once most tender Kindled my love so fond, so true? Where is the sound of your sweet words, That drew my heart to follow you?
Pa beth a wneuthum, O Myfanwy I haeddu gwg dy ddwyrudd hardd? Ai chwarae oeddit, O Myfanwy  thanau euraidd serch dy fardd? Wyt eiddo im drwy gywir amod Ai gormod cadw'th air i mi? Ni cheisiaf fyth mo'th law, Myfanwy, Heb gael dy galon gyda hi.	What have I done, O my Myfanwy, To earn your frown? What is my blame? Was it just play, my sweet Myfanwy, To set your poet's love aflame? You truly once to me were promised, Is it too much to keep your part? I wish no more your hand, Myfanwy, If I no longer have your heart.
Myfanwy boed yr holl o'th fywyd Dan heulwen ddisglair canol dydd. A boed i rosyn gwridog iechyd I ddawnsio ganmlwydd ar dy rudd. Anghofia'r oll o'th addewidion A wnest i rywun, 'ngeneth ddel, A dyro'th law, Myfanwy dirion I ddim ond dweud y gair "Ffarwél".	Myfanwy, may you spend your lifetime Beneath the midday sunshine's glow, And on your cheeks O may the roses Dance for a hundred years or so. Forget now all the words of promise You made to one who loved you well, Give me your hand, my sweet Myfanwy, But one last time, to say "farewell".

More information can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myfanwy

Summer Holiday Homework

It maybe holiday season for many but it is also the "Spooky Summer of Love", full of singing low and high jinks to inspire the most laggard of blokes into thinking that perhaps they should stir from their deck-chair and rouse themselves to a bit of singing, especially some new stuff!

To this end a batch of new "Help-you-Rehearse-in-the comfort-of-your-own-home/car/shed/etc" has been released.  After the wild successes of BlokeFest 2013 we have THREE new pieces ready in the usual easy to digest formats:  Low + Mid + Top + All and various other combinations.  

The pieces are

• A Gringo Like Me by Roger Jackson
  (opening plenty of cowboy / Indian hat opportunities)
• Myfanwy arranged by Dave Stewart
  (no hat opportunities immediately spring to mind but there will be something!)
• Norwegian Sailors Song arranged by sadly missed new Spooky Daddy, aka Ryan
  (sou'westers??)

Anyway, they can now be found on a newly updated Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/the-magnificent-ak47/sets/summer-2013-newies.

Have a listen and familiarize yourself with them and we will see what develops post the Summer recess.