Oh! How Soft My Fair One's Bosom
A Love Song
Words:
The Welsh "O More Gynnes Mynwes Meinwen"
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Music:
"Nos Galan"
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Source: Edward Jones, Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards. A New Edition. (London: Printed for the Author, 1794), pp. 159-160. The first edition was apparently in 1784, and a third edition followed in 1808.
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O mor gynnes mynwes
meinwen, O more fwyn yw llwyn
Meillionen, O more felus yw'r cusan-au
Gyda serch a mwynion
eirian, |
Oh! how soft my Fair
one's bosom. Oh! how sweet the grove
in blossom. Oh! how blessed are the
blisses Words of love, & mutual
kisses. |
Sheet Music from Edward Jones, Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards.
Note:
This is the earliest known appearance of the tune "Nos Galan," although the tune itself is believed to be much older. This tune is now associated with the holiday carol Deck The Hall. Although the title was “Nos Galan” (New Year's Eve), this version's lyrics obviously had nothing to do with the New Year or the Christmas-tide. This is the oldest known English lyrics.
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