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X:1 T:Croeso'r Wenynen T:Welcome the Bee M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Minuet B:Edward Jones – Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards (1784, p. 134) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C (3GAB|[E4c4] ed|c2 G2 AB|c2B2A2|G4 FG| A2 AGFG|A2G2F2|E>C E2~D2|C4:| |:(AB)|c2B2A2|c2TB2A2|e2 dcBA|{B}A2^G2A2| cdefed|cdefed|cdecdB|c4 G2| ABcBAc|(G3F)E2|A2 AGFG|A2 AGAB|c2 E2~D2|C4!fermata!:|]

WELCOME THE BEE (Croeso'r Wenynen). AKA - "Bee's Welcome." Welsh, Air (3/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Croeso'r Wenynen" comes from the late 18th and early 19th century publications of biography:Edward Jones (1752-1824), who advertised himself as "harper to his late Majesty King George the Fourth, when Prince of Wales."

Additional notes

Printed sources : - <meta charset="UTF-8">Nicholas Bennett (Alawon fy Ngwlad), 1896, p. 20. Edward Jones (Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards), 1784; p. 134. Edward Jones (A choice collection of 51 Welsh airs), 1863; pp. 28-29.

Recorded sources : - <meta charset="UTF-8">Koch International Classics 3-7071-2 h1, Cheryl Ann Fulton - "The Airs of Wales" (1990).

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