Rhyfelgyrch Gwyr Harlech - March of the Men of Harlech - John Thomas

Standard: Grade 7     Harp Type: Pedal Harp

This stirring music first appeared as a harp tune published in 1784 in Edward Jones ('Bardd y Brenin')'s Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards. Its first appearance as a song was in Gems of Welsh Melody arranged by John Owen ('Owain Alaw'), published in 1860, with a second edition in 1873. The words most usually associated with the tune today are those by John Oxenford and Ceiriog.