Dacw mam yn dwad - Here's Mummy - Welsh Folk Nursery Rhyme
Dyma hen hwiangerdd Gymraeg ar gyfer Sul y Mamau! Ydych chi'n ei gofio? Mae'r geiriau yn eitha rhyfedd ond mae plant yn mwynhau ei chanu. Dyma ddolen iddo gael ei chanu. Beth am rannu gyda'ch mam?
Ar ben y Gamfa Wen,
Rhywbeth yn ei ffedog,
A phiser ar ei phen.
Y fuwch yn y beudy
Yn brefu am y llo,
A'r llo'r ochor arall
Mewn chwarae Jim Cro
Jim Cro Crystyn
Wan, tŵ, ffôr,
A'r mochyn bach yn eisteddfod
Mor ddel ar y stôl.
Dros y gamfa wen,
Rhywbeth yn ei ffedog
Gyda phiser ar ei phen.
Mae'r fuwch yn y cwt gwartheg
Yn iselu am ei llo,
A'r llo yr ochr draw
Yn chwarae Jim Crow.
Crwst Jim Crow
Un, dau a phedwar,
Ac mae'r mochyn bach yn eistedd
Pretty ar y stôl.
Roedd Jim cro yn gêm gardiau oedd yn boblogaidd gyda glowyr Cymru yn ystod eu hamser cinio. Mae hefyd wedi'i gysylltu â Chyfreithiau ' Jim Crow ' ofnadwy yn America, sef arwahaniad creulon o bobl ddu a gwyn. Gallwch ddarllen stori newyddion BBC Cymru yma
Mae fersiwn arall o'r gân gyda gweiddi 'Jim Cro' neu ' Ar Ben y garreg wen ' (dros y garreg wen) pa un wyt ti'n ei gofio? Wrth i'r caneuon hyn gael eu trosglwyddo o genhedlaeth i genhedlaeth ar lafar gwlad mae llawer o amrywiadau yn aml. Yn aml mae gwahaniaethau rhwng caneuon Gogledd a De Cymraeg hefyd.
Mae’r hen ganeuon gwerin yma’n aml yn ddirgel iawn – sy’n eu gwneud nhw mor hynod ddiddorol!
12 sylw
I was head of music in a comprehensive school in south east Wales back in 2002-2017.
We used to teach this nursery rhyme as part of our curriculum, pupils and staff enjoyed singing and playing this song, I was called into the Head mistresses office and told the song was to be removed from the curriculum as one parent out off 1600 pupils complained the song was racist. I had no idea of any racial connections, it doesn’t seem so obvious from the translated lyrics. There was actually a petrol station opposite the school called Jim Crow station! :(
I was head of music in a comprehensive school in south east Wales back in 2002-2017.
We used to teach this nursery rhyme as part of our curriculum, pupils and staff enjoyed singing and playing this song, I was called into the Head mistresses office and told the song was to be removed from the curriculum as one parent out off 1600 pupils complained the song was racist. I had no idea of any racial connections, it doesn’t seem so obvious from the translated lyrics. There was actually a petrol station opposite the school called Jim Crow station! :(
Just love this nursery rhyme. my nain taught it to me when i was little (im 23 now) she learnt it as a child and she was born in the 40s! my nain has passed away but always think of her when im singing all the songs she taught me… like dau gi bach yn mynd ir coed esgid newydd ar bob troed dau gi back yn dwad adra wedi colli un or sgidiau dau gi bach :D
we sang ‘Ar ben y garreg wen’ together with ‘yn chwarae jim cro’
what was the possible connection with the jim crow laws? the link to the bbc is now dead…
I remember this from infant school in Wales..I didnt know what the words meant, but loved singing it about 1959..