Oldest Celtic Lullaby - Dinogad's Smock
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- Опубліковано 28 лют 2021
- The oldest Celtic lullaby we still have today. Over 1400 years ago, at the time of St. David, a Welsh mother sang to her baby Dinogad. Her song was found written in the margin of the 7th century Welsh heroic poem Y Gododdin. The Welsh lullaby 'Dinogad's Smock' here played on viola da gamba.
Lyrics Translated:
Dinogad’s smock, speckled, speckled,
I made from the skins of martens.
Whistle, whistle, whistly
we sing, the eight slaves sing
When your father used to go to hunt,
with his shaft on his shoulder and his club
in his hand,
he would call his speedy dogs,
‘Giff, Gaff, catch, catch, fetch, fetch!’,
he would kill a fish in a coracle,
as a lion kills an animal.
When your father used to go to the mountain,
he would bring back a roebuck, a wild pig, a stag,
a speckled grouse from the mountain,
a fish from the waterfall of Derwennyd
Whatever your father would hit with his spit,
whether wild pig or lynx or fox,
nothing that was without wings would escape.
Dinogad’s smock, pied, pied,
It was from marten’s skins that I made it.
‘Wheed, wheed, a whistling!’
I would sing, eight slaves sang.
When thy father went a-hunting,
A spear on his shoulder, a club in his hand,
He would call the nimble hounds,
‘Giff, Gaff; catch, catch, fetch, fetch!’
He would kill a fish in his coracle
As a lion kills its prey.
When thy father went to the mountain
He would bring back a roe-buck, a wild boar, a stag,
A speckled grouse from the mountain,
A fish from Rhaeadr Derwennydd.
Of all those that thy father reached with his lance,
Wild boar and lynx and fox,
None escaped which was not winged.
Absolutely magical wales forever 🏴🏴
Incredibly beautiful.
Thank you Patrick for enriching us with your music and lore.
Haunting melody. I could envision this being used in Game of Thrones.
This is such a beautiful lullaby, made more so by the singing birds!
This is beautiful! 💖
That was very lovely, amazing considering it's age.
Lovely! I don't think I know this one at all. Or rather, I don't recall ever hearing it before.
Beautiful! I love the cello you're playing on this.
Absolutely gorgeous!!! Our Gordons want to know if your beautiful assistant is a gordon setter.
Hey, I also play the Gamba and I never know what side strings to play with the main ones. Would you have some notes for me maybe? That would be a amaizing!
This melody was written by Lynne Denman, a singer from West Wales. It was first recorded by her band Ffynnon.