Blodau'r Drain

BLODAU'R DRAIN (The Flowers of the Thorn). AKA- "Blodam Drain." Welsh, Air (3/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Purists maintain it should be played strictly as a slow air, however, it is just as often heard (even among Welsh musicians and country dancers) set in waltz tempo for the couple dance (i.e. slightly faster, and even "swung"). Composer Franz Joseph Haydn arranged "Blodau'r Drain", one of several Welsh airs he composed settings of.

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Theme code Index	112 3b21
Also known as	Blodam Drain, Flowers of the Thorn
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	Welsh
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Waltz/Valse/Vals
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	3/4
History	ENGLAND(Wales)"ENGLAND(Wales)" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Alex Hami
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X:1
T:Blodam Drain
T:The Flowers Of the Thorn
S:Dick Rutter, Edinburgh
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:3/4
L:1/4
R:Air
K:Am
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