Ple buost ti neithiwr- Davies (Aberystwyth) 1831 WFSS
[My title. From: Journal of the Welsh Folk-Song Society: Volume 2, pages 48-52 by the Welsh Folk-Song Society- 1914, (with music) dated back to 1831.
R. Matteson 2018]
No. 3. O fy Mab Anwyl
Ple buost ti neithiwr? (Where were you last night?). "Sung by Miss Davies, Aberystwyth, January, 1911. Her mother used to sing it when a child about 80 years ago, — she had in all probability learnt it from her grandmother." — Miss Jennie Williams, Aberystwyth."
Ple buost ti neithiwr, mab anwyl dy fam?
Ple buost ti neithiwr, mab anwyl dy fam?
Pysgota fuais neithiwr,
Cy weiriwch fy ngwely,
'Rwy'n glaf am calon ar fyned i'r bedd.
Where were you last night, dear son of thy mother?
Where were you last night, dear son of thy mother?
I went fishing last night,
Please make my bed,
I am sick and my heart is going to the grave.