Yr Hen Gymraes

Also known as: The Old Cambrian Dance

Yr Hen Gymraes: an Welsh air in A minor. Sheet music and playback in any key, at any tempo. Alaw werin o Gymru (alaw yn A leiaf): y sgôr a chwarae mewn unrhyw gywair.

Tune type

alaw

Key

A minor

Time signature

3/4

Book

Davidson's 250 Welsh Airs (1859)

Source

http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/WelshAirs/250WelshAirsInfo.html (transcribed by Peter Dunk, 2024)

X:1
T:Yr Hen Gymraes
T:The Old Cambrian Dance
R:alaw
B:Davidson's 250 Welsh Airs (1859)
S:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/WelshAirs/250WelshAirsInfo.html (transcribed by Peter Dunk, 2024)
A:Wales
Z:Peter Dunk 14/06/2024
N:From Davidson's Musical Miracles: Two Hundred and Fifty Welsh Airs for a Shilling (London, 1859).
N:ABC transcription by Peter Dunk, shared on Chris Partington's website.
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:Am
|:e3d/c/ BA|^G>^F EFGE|c>B ABcd|e>d cdef|g2d2 {edcd}B2|
^G>A Bc dB|c/d/e e>dce|dB cA B^G|A2A2 B/c/d/B/|B2A2z2:|
|:c/d/e/d/ cecG|B/c/d/c/ BdBG|c/d/e/d/ cecA|G>F EFGE|
c>B ABcd|e>d cdef|e/g/f/e/ d/e/d/c/ B/c/B/A/|^G>A Bc dB|
c/d/e e>dce|dB cA B^G|A2A2 B/>c/d//c//B/|c2A2z2:|

Welsh airs (Alaw)