Sein 1940
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LLONGAU CAERNARFON 'Mae'r holl longau wrth y cei yn llwytho Pam na chawn i fynd fel pawb i forio. Dacw dair yn dechrau warpio Ac am hwylio heno Birkinhead, Bordo a Wiclo.' Toc daw'r stemar bach i douio Golau gwyrdd ar waliau wrth fynd heibio. Pedair llong wrth angor yn yr afon Aros teit i fynd tan Gastell C'narfon Dacw bedwar goleu melyn A rhyw gwch ar gychwyn Clywed swn y rhwyfau wedyn Toc daw'r stemar bach i douo Goleu coch ar waliau wrth fynd heibio. Llongau'n hwylio draw a llongau'n calyn Heddyw fory ac yfory wedyn Mynd a'u llwyth o lechi gleision Dan eu hwyliau gwynion Rhai i Ffrainc a rhai i'r Werddon O na chown i fynd ar f'union Dros y môr a hwylion ôl i G'narfon. Holaf ym mhob llong ar hyd yr harbwr Oes 'na le i hogyn fynd yn llongwr A chael spleinsio rhaff a rhiffio A chael dysgu llywio A chael mynd mewn cwch i sgwlio O na chawn i fynd yn llongwr A'r holl longau'n llwytho yn yr harbwr. | THE SHIPS OF CAERNARFON (This is a story about a young boy standing at the quayside with his mother and he is asking her why he can't join the adventure of sailing.) 'All the ships are loading at the harbour Why can't I go sailing like the others? There are three-ships raising anchor And will sail tonight To Birkinhead, Bordeaux and Wicklow. There's the tug boat, come to tow them green lights on the walls as they are passing. Four ships at anchor in the river Keeping close to past Caernarfon castle There are four yellow lights And a boat is starting Hear the sound of oars in water. There's the tug boat, come to tow them red lights on the walls as they are passing. Ships are sailing out, the ships are leaving Now, tomorrow and the days thereafter Taking loads of the blue slate Under their white sails Some to France and some to Ireland. Why can't I go, with the others Sailing over seas, and back to C'narfon. I ask at every ship down in the harbour Can they take a boy to be a sailor? And to tie the ropes and knot them? And stand at the helm? And to go out on a ship to scoon? Oh why can't I, be a sailor On the ships that load up in the harbour?' |