A Welsh Folk Song
The Ash Grove
is one of the very few Welsh Folk songs that have become
part of the folk song heritage all over the world.
According to Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians,
it appeared "in a mutilated form as "Cease Your
Funning" in John Gay's 'The Beggar Opera' in
1728."
The
Music
The Ash Grove
[ 2:27
] [ 13k ]
The
Song
The song in this book which is sung to the
tune of
"The Ash Grove"
- Mayor of Bayswater's
Daughter
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The Ash Grove
The ash
grove, how graceful, how plainly 'tis speaking,
The harp through it playing has language for me;
Whenever the light through its branches is breaking,
A host of kind faces is gazing on me.
The friends of my childhood again are before me,
Each step wakes a mem'ry, as freely I roam;
With soft whispers laden, its leaves rustle o'er me;
The ash grove, the ashgrove alone is my home.
My lips smile no more, my heart loses its lightness,
No dream of the future my spirit can cheer;
I only can brood on the past and its brightness,
The dead I have mourned are again living here.
From ev'ry dark nook they press forward to meet me;
I lift up my eyes to the broad leafy dome,
And others are there, looking downward to greet me;
The ash grove, the ash grove alone is my home.
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