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Mari Lwyd / Morfa​’​r Frenhines - live at St Thomas the Martyr

from Collected works and collaborations by Dead Space Chamber Music

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This piece combines two traditional melodies:
1, Mari Lwyd - a Welsh wassailing tradition (also found in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Yorkshire and in Wiltshire for May Day), sung door to door around Christmas and New Year. 

The singers, accompanied by the Mari Lwyd
('grey mare') - a hooded horses skull decorated with bells and ribbons -
competitively 'barter' through the medium of song in order to be
invited in and given warmth and provisions. Although mysterious in origin,
the tradition celebrating the yearly resurrection of the Mari Lwyd, has been revived as an opportunity to reflect on death and rebirth, the cycles of the seasons, and to
welcome the ancient into the home and community.

and

2, Morfa’r Frenhines - 'Queens Marsh', a traditional Welsh melody in waltz time, commonly played on the harp.

Mari Lwyd / Morfa’r Frenhines will appears on our 2nd album, The Black Hours.

lyrics

Wel dyma ni'n dwad
Gyfeillion diniwad
I ofyn am gennod i ganu

Os na chawn ni gennad
Rhowch wybod ar ganiad
Pa fodd mae'r 'madawiad, nos heno

'Does genni ddim cinio
Nac arian iw gwario
I wneud i chwi 'roeso, nos heno

Translation:
Here we come
Dear friends
To ask permission to sing

If we don't have permission
Let us know in song
How we should leave tonight

I have no dinner
Or money to spend
To give you welcome tonight

credits

from Collected works and collaborations, track released February 5, 2021
Mixed and mastered by Tom Bush. Art by Ellen Southern. Design by Tommy Creep.

Recorded as part of a live stream from the stunning church of St Thomas the Martyr, Bristol. Thank you to the Churches Conservation Trust, for who we raised over £150. Re-watch the full stream here:
www.facebook.com/DarkAlchemyBristol/videos/294237655024207

A shorter version of this track was recently released by Avon Terror Corps compilation Wish You Were Avon, raising funds for a local food charity:
avonterrorcorps.bandcamp.com/album/wish-you-were-avon

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