Annotation:Saith Nos Olau

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X:1 T:Saith Nos Olau T:Seven Light Nights M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air N:Indicated tune for song “Glenydd y Rheidol/The Ringers” B:John Thomas – Y Caniedydd Cymreig/The Cambrian Minstrel (1845, p. 93) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin E|A>AA EEE|c>BA B2B|c>Bc ABc|B^Gz z2G| A>AA E>EE|c>BA B2c|def eAB/A/|G<Az z2|| B|c>Bc dcd|efe d2^c|def eAd|{c}cBz z2 c/B/| A>AA EEE|c>BA B2c|d>ef eAB/A/|^GAz z2||

SAITH NOS OLAU (Seven Light Nights). Welsh, Air and Jig (6/8 time). D Minor (Williamson): A Minor (Thomas). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Williamson): AB (Thomas).

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Banish-Misfortune - "The Fair Little Child" (2013).

Printed sources : - John Thomas (‘’’Y Camiedydd Cymreig/The Cambrian Minstrel’’’), 1845; p. 93 (appears as air to son “Glenydd y rheidoi/The Ringers”). Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; p. 42.

Recorded sources: -