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X:1 T:Distyll y Drain T:Decay of the Thorns (The) M:3/8 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Lively" B:Edward Jones - Musical, Poetical, and Historical Relicks of the Welsh Bards, vol. 2 (1802, p. 109) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Bb BB/d c/e/|dd/f/ c/e/|BB/d/ c/e/|d/c/B/A/ G|BB/d/ c/e/|dd/f/ c/e/|BB/d/c/e/|(e/c/BA):| |:.B.G.G|A/G/^F/G/ A/F/|.B.G.G|A/G/^F/G/ A|Bcd|{cd}edc|B/A/ G^F|G3:|]



DISTYLL Y DRAIN (The Decay of the Thorns). AKA – "Trickling of the Thorns (The)." AKA and see "Goblins of the Lake (The)." Welsh, Air (3/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The air is employed for the song "Goblins of the Lake (The)" in Joseph Parry's Cambrian Minstrelsie vol. 1 (1893), with words in English and Welsh by "Professor Rowlands."


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Printed sources : - Jones (The Bardic Museum), 1802; p. 109. Jospeh Parry (Cambrian Minstrelsie, vol. 1), 1893; pp. 29–31.






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