Annotation:Lark (1) (The)
X:1 T:Codiad yr Hedydd T:Lark [1], The T:Rising of the Lark [3], The M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Air B:Edward Jones – Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards (1784, p. 155) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C c2 G>F|EcGE|F>GAB|cBcd|e<c GB|[E4c4]:| |:(e>dc)e|(d<cB)d|(c>BA)c|BA/B/ G2|(e>dc)e|(d>cB)d| (c>BA)c|BGGz/(E/|F)GAB|cBcd|(ec) (g>B)|c4!fermaga!:| P:Variation 1st c2 (G>F)|EcGE |FGAB|cBcd|ec GB|c/G/E/G/ C2:| |:ec/d/ ec|dB/c/ dB|c A/B/ {d}c{B}A|B/c/A/B/ G2|e/f/e/d/ (c/g/e/c/)|d/e/d/c/ (B/g/d/B/)| c/d/c/B/ (A/a/^f/c/)|B/A/G/^F/ Gz/E/|FGAB|cBcd|ec g>B|c4:|]
LARK [1], THE (Codiad Yr Ehedydd). AKA and see "Rising of the Lark (3)." Welsh, Air. A harp air attributed to the Welsh harper David Owen [1] (Davydd y Gareg-wen), who composed between 1720-1752. It was set with variations by Edward Jones 'Bardd y Brenin' in his book The Musical and Poetical Relics of the Welsh Bards (1784). The tune is widely used for penillion singing, according to Robin Huw Bowen, the style which demands that the singer sing verses after the harp has started, sing in a different meter and phrasing, yet end at the same time! Franz Joseph Haydn composed a setting of this song.
