Alaw traddodiadol, trefniaeth gan E. Olwen Jones.
Mae caneuon gwirion neu hwyl am geifr yn boblogaidd iawn mewn cerddoriaeth Gymreig. Maent yn “glymau tafod” ac yn cael eu canu yn gyflym iawn, yn aml yn gystadleuol.
Athro ac awdur yw E. Olwen Jones. Mae hi wedi cyhoeddi llawer o lyfrau caneuon i blant a phobl ifanc a threfniadau caneuon gwerin ar gyfer corau. Yn ystod ei gyrfa bu’n dysgu mewn ysgolion a cholegau ym Mangor ac Ynys Môn, ac ar ôl ymddeol y mae yn parhau i gyfansoddi a threfnu.
Ffynhonnell: https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Olwen_Jones
Geiriau
O beth yw’r achos fod garw flewyn mân ymlaen barf gafr?
Am fod hi’n pori cyll a chelyn gyda’r cloddiau, clirwm clarwm.
Dyna’r achos fod blewyn garw mân ymlaen barf gafr.
Gafr goch, bur goch, felan gynffon goch.
Ystlys a chydyn a chynffon goch.
O beth yw’r achos fod garw flewyn mân ymlaen barf gafr?
Am fod hi’n pori cyll a chelyn gyda’r cloddiau, clirwm clarwm.
Dyna’r achos fod blewyn garw mân ymlaen barf gafr.
Gafr ddu, bur ddu, felan gynffon ddu.
Ystlys a chydyn a chynffon ddu.
O beth yw’r achos fod garw flewyn mân ymlaen barf gafr?
Am fod hi’n pori cyll a chelyn gyda’r cloddiau, clirwm clarwm.
Dyna’r achos fod blewyn garw mân ymlaen barf gafr.
Gafr wen, bur wen, felan gynffon wen.
Ystlys a chydyn a –
Dyna’r achos, dyna’r achos, dyna’r achos, dyna’r achos,
Ha ha ha ha! Dyna’r achos fod blewyn garw mân ymlaen barf gafr.
Cyfieithiad i’r Saesneg
O what is the reason for the rough short hairs in front of a goat’s beard?
So that it can browse hazel and holly with(in) the hedgerows, clirwm clarwm.
That is the reason there are short rough hairs in front of a goat’s beard.
Red goat, pure red, with a red tail,
Red flank and joints and tail.
O what is the reason for the rough short hairs in front of a goat’s beard?
So that it can browse hazel and holly with(in) the hedgerows, clirwm clarwm.
That is the reason there are short rough hairs in front of a goat’s beard.
Black goat, pure black, with a black tail,
Black flank and joints and tail.
O what is the reason for the rough short hairs in front of a goat’s beard?
So that it can browse hazel and holly with(in) the hedgerows, clirwm clarwm.
That is the reason there are short rough hairs in front of a goat’s beard.
White goat, pure white, with a white tail,
Flank and joints and –
That’s the reason, that’s the reason, that’s the reason,
Ha ha ha ha! That’s the reason there are short rough hairs in front of a goat’s beard.