I just know this melody because it seems to be everywhere. It's on the Irish Tenors Christmas CD, too, set to Christmasy words.
I have just a tiny bit of Welsh in me, from my grandmother. Though the actual stories were lost, the theory in the family is that her father's family came to London from Wales in the 1830's or 40's. My grandmother and her sister both had the voice which seems to be the Welsh trademark, and I inherited that (though, to be fair, there are soloists on my mother's side of the family too.) The only area where I might be seriously tempted to live vicariously through my daughter is if she gets that voice. It will get trained in her generation, if that's what she wants.
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Date: 2004-08-27 12:54 pm (UTC)I have just a tiny bit of Welsh in me, from my grandmother. Though the actual stories were lost, the theory in the family is that her father's family came to London from Wales in the 1830's or 40's. My grandmother and her sister both had the voice which seems to be the Welsh trademark, and I inherited that (though, to be fair, there are soloists on my mother's side of the family too.) The only area where I might be seriously tempted to live vicariously through my daughter is if she gets that voice. It will get trained in her generation, if that's what she wants.