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Moch Pryderi
Moch Pryderi (Welsh for "Pryderi's Pigs") is a six piece Celtic band firmly rooted in the traditional music of Wales and Brittany, interwoven with traditional music from Turkey, Ireland, and the American-Appalachians. The band's instrumentation, Welsh triple harp, small and great pipes, bombardes, Welsh pibgorn, Celtic bouzouki, mandolin, clawhammer banjo, flutes, whistles and percussion, as well as the band's vocal abilities, create a diversified pallet for Moch's distinctive and haunting sound.
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Dancing in the Pigsty
Ty a Gardd/Gwyr Pendref "House and Garden" and "The Men of Pendref", two Welsh jigs that go great together. Rik plays the Welsh biwbo on this number.
Can Y Cardi From the singing of Siwsann George, this is a Welsh miners' bragging song. The chorus says, "Each to his own, I am happy with an occasional glass of good yellow beer". Bill sings and the whole gang joins in on the chorus.
Mon/Pwyt-ar-y-Bys A couple of well known Welsh dance tunes, Mon is the Welsh name for the Island of Anglsey. Then second tune means "A Piece of the Finger".
Lisa Lan A popular traditional Welsh love song, sung here by Mary. Bill plays whistle and Welsh pibgorn, or horn pipe, one of the oldest of Welsh instruments.
Breton An Dro The Bretons came from Wales and Cornwall and settled in Brittany, France in the 5th C. Their music has a character all of its own. This is music for a dance called an "An Dro". Bill plays a Breton bombarde in Bb, one of their national instruments, and Rik, the dumbek.
Fiddle Faddle One of the great Welsh dance tunes that we enjoy playing fast.
Lament of Evan/Mwynen Cynwyd/Jenny Jones Three lesser known Welsh airs from Davidson's "250 Welsh Airs for a Shilling" from 1859. They are played by Mary on the harp. In "Jenny Jones", Mary imitates the double note technique done on the traditional Welsh triple-strung harp.
Mac Pherson's Farewell Bill sings a traditional Scottish tune addressing the age-old problem of hanging a fiddler. Dave and Mary join in on the chorus and Mary cranks up the uilleann pipes.
Dancing in the Pigsty In the story of Pryderi's Pigs, (Moch Pryderi), from the Welsh national epic, the Mabinogion, we like to think that all worked out well in the end. Bill wrote this as a celebration for the pigs and it features our fiddler extraordinare, Melissa Rich.
Eamon an Chnoic A lovely, haunting Irish melody, sung here in Galic by Mary, with Bill on whistle.
Death of Pryderi/March to Pigtown Two more tunes by Bill based on the tale of Pryderi's Pigs as found in the Mabinogion. The sad part of the tale is that Pryderi is killed by the bad guys who had stolen his pigs and marched them clear across Wales.
Mam an Avalou Mary sings this great Breton song extolling the importance of the "Mother of the Apple", the apple tree. The point of the song is that if you do not treat the trees right, there will be no apples, and if there are no apples there will be no cider. Cider, or "chistr" in Breton, is the national drink. Bill plays the small bombarde in D. Melissa and Dave join in on the chorus.
An Eos Whek "The Nightingale". One of the loveliest Cornish love songs that we know.
Llongau Caernarfon/ Ffarwel I Aberystwyth /Morfa Rhuddlan /Mopsi Don Back to Welsh basics. Two mournful and two joyful Welsh tunes played only on the Welsh pibgorn, harp and drum.
Nyth y Gwcw "The Cuckoo's Nest", a Welsh hornpipe, played on fiddle and harp featuring Melissa and Mary.
Dancing in the Pigsty
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Belly Jerk
Ty a Gardd/Gwyr Pendref "House and Garden" and "The Men of Pendref", two Welsh jigs that go great together. Rik plays the Welsh biwbo on this number.
Hiraeth/Beth Yw'r Haf i Mi (trad. Wales) "Longing", a slow tune on pipes is followed by "What is the Summer to Me?" a pipe and Bombard extravaganza.
Ty Bach Twt (trad. Wales)" I have a little house and the wind blows through every morning, come in and sit down". A song about the happiest man we know.
The Wars of America (Trad. Ireland) This tune was collected by Alan Lomax in Vermont. A common theme, the song laments the many Irish recruits who marched with the redcoats in wars in America and France.
Uskadara Gider Iken/Ev Chistre (trad. Turkey/Brittany) Uskadar is a Turkish folk song meaning "While going to Uskadar". The second tune is a Breton drinking song entitled, "Drink cider and be happy!" The Breton tune is from Polig Monjarret's "Toniou Breiz-Izel".
Tell Me Ma (trad. Ireland) A children's jump rope song from Northern Ireland.
Y Gwcw Fach (trad. Wales) "The Little Cuckoo", sung here by Mary, is one of the many Welsh songs dealing with cuckoos, which are a sign of spring. This song asks the cuckoo to carry a message of hope and comfort to the singer's lover.
Am Alarch (trad. Brittany). ‘The Swan" was collected by Hersart de la Villemarque in his groundbreaking "Barzaz Breiz" in 1839. The song celebrates the return to Brittany of Jean de Montfort from England to lead his Breton followers into battle against the French in 1379. The chorus says: "Into battle I will go."
Ar Eirinn Ni nEosfainn Ce Hi (trad. Ireland) "For Ireland I'd not Mention Her Name" was a popular air in Munster and south Leinster in the 1880's. Here it is played on harp and bouzouki.
Gwinn ar Hallowed (trad. Brittany) From the days when the Bretons would go in search of good French wines to steal. The title means "Wine of the Gauls." We found this on in Hersart de la Villemarque's Barzaz Briez".
Bwlch Llanberis/Hwb I'r Galon (trad. Wales) "Llanberis Pass" a Welsh waltz played on bagpipes, is followed by a song exhorting us to "Cheer up Come What May!"
Wild Geese (Trad-Ireland) The Wild Geese were the Jacobites who sailed away to serve in the armies of France and Austria after the treaty of Limerick in 1619. A haunting melody played by Mary on harp and whistle.
Cainc Yr Aradwr/Raechel Dafydd Ifann (trad. Wales) The first is an ox drivers song sung to the oxen as he goaded the Oxen across the field. We learned it from the great singing of Swsan George. We follow that with a Welsh Pibddawns or hornpipe from Hamilton's collection of dance tunes, "Blodau'r Grug".
Izabel Hag Ar Juif Yaouank/Tri Martolod (trad. Brittany) Two popular Breton folk songs. "Izabel and the Young Jew" is from Polig Monjarret's great work of Breton dance tunes, "Toniou Breiz-Izel". The second tune "Three Sailors" is from the collection "Kanomp Uhel" published by Coop Breiz.
Hwi Dacw Hi/Sbonc Bogel/Merch Y Tafarnwr yn Enwi'I Chariadon (trad. Welsh) These 3 Welsh jigs have great titles! The first "There she is!", the second, "Belly Jerk" and the last "The Innkeeper's Daughter Naming her Lovers".
Goewin's Song (W.W. Reese) Bill wrote this song as part of the ongoing story of Pryderi's Pigs. Goewin, as you may remember from the Mabinogion, was the virgin in whose lap King Math had to rest his feet when he slept. She later became his Queen.
Johnnie Cope (trad. Scotland) This is a song from the Jacobite rebellion. In 1745 Lord George Murry, leading the forces of Bonnie Prince Charlie, launched a surprise attack near Edinburgh and routed Sir John Cope who fled the field. He was later court-martialed for his conduct.
Can Y Ceiliog Du (trad. Wales) "The Song of the Black Rooster", a rousing Welsh march played on whistles, bombard, drum, fiddle and pipes.
Belly Jerk
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Jig Moch
Dic y Cymro/Cluck Old Hen/Ton y Melinydd Two Welsh tunes and an American fiddle tune, "Dick the Welshman", "Cluck Old Hen", and "The Miller's Song". We like to use these as openers at our shows.
Cork Harbor This number was collected by J. Glen Davis and popularized by Ar Log. Reference to "White Horses" and the ship having a "..bone in its teeth" are all common nautical expressions describing the weather and how a ship sails. "O hogie bach" is Welsh for "Fellows". Translation mistakes are all ours!
Y Gelynnen/An Amzer/Nonesuch Here we combine a Welsh, a Breton and an English song, together with 2 Pibgorns and the small D-Bombard.
Codi Angor "Weighing Anchor" This is the Welsh version of a common sea song found with this same melody in many different languages. Mary and Bill on vocals, with Bob on small pipes.
Jig Moch ag Wyau "The Pigs' Jig and Eggs" (WW Reese)- This is Bill's most recent contribution to songs about the story of Pryderi's Pigs from the Welsh epic, the Mabinogion, written for Melissa's fiddle.
Torth o Fara/Y Mochyn Du/The Spinning Wheel " A Loaf of Bread", "The Black Pig" and "The Spinning Wheel", three Welsh songs arranged by Bob Roser for his small pipes in A.
Farewell to the Rhondda (F. Hennesy) This is a song by one of Wales' top singer-songwriters, Frank Hennesy, about the mines that were closing in the Rhondda valley region of Wales.
Adâr Man y Mynydd/Chwi Fechgyn Glân Ffri/Ap Siencyn/Jig Esgob Bangor/Deildy Aberteifi A Welsh air and four jigs arranged by Bill for the Uillian pipes and played by Kelly Debutts, who helps us out from time to time, on pipes and flutes!
Llantoni Abbey A beautiful Welsh air, arranged and played with variations by Mary Triola on the Welsh Triple harp.
One More Day Another common sea song, this time with lots of references to Cardiff Wales, and Tiger Bay, at one time the location of a red light district of Cardiff, obviously well loved of old by some sailors! Dave and Bill on lead vocals.
Dau Rosyn Coch "Two Red Roses", a song we refer to as the dirty old man song. It concerns a fellow following a maid as she is going milking. After he steals a kiss, she feigns innocence, avoids marriage by confessing to having no dowery, and still gets the better of him in the end. Rik Rice gets a chance to play his dumbek on this one!
Breton Coffee Song We do not know where we first heard this song, but it is one of our favorites. We arranged it here for Bob and his great pipes, plus some fife, fiddle and bombard.
Gwenno Penygelli/Derfydd Aur Gwenno Penygelli is the name of a young lady much desired by the young man in this Welsh courting song collected by Bob Roberts. Our hero catalogues all the things he likes about her ("10 pounds in the bank") and all the things he has collected for her, including sheets and 4 mounds of good peat! Mary on vocals and harp!
Cariad Cywir/Mari Lwyd/Aberdulais A collection of great Welsh marches, the first means "True Love", the second "The Grey Horse", a song used in a Welsh New Years tradition, and the last, the name of a place near Neath in West Glamorgan, famous for its water falls. Bill plays Bombard. Mary on whistles, Melissa on fiddle.
Jig Moch
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