Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on December 18th 2002 by Dafydd Monks.
This tune has been added to 11 tunebooks.
Also known as Clawdd Offa, The Cowslip, Offa's Dyke, The Oswestry Square.
X: 1
T: Sawdl Y Fuwch
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
A |: d2 d A2 A |F A2 -A2 A |d2 d F2 G |A3 -A2 G |
d2 d Bcd |A2 d e2 e |d4 -d2 |cd z4 |
e2 e c2 d |e2 -e2 de |f2 f d2 e |f2 -f2 fe |
dcB A2 A |BAG F2 A |Bcd e2 c |d3 -d3 |
d d2 cde |fee c B2 |A d2 fec |B3 A2 A |
dcB A2 A |BAG F2 A |Bcd e2 c |d3 -d2 :|
The Tune
Source: "Cymdeithas Ddawns Werin Cymru" (The Welsh Folk Dance Scociety, A nice little tune again from one of my old leaflets, this time not that old but from the late 60's
# Posted on December 18th 2002 by Dafydd Monks
Offa's Dyke
I learned this tune in a slightly different form from Peter Barnes, author of the Barnes Book of (New England) English Country Dance Tunes, as Offa's Dyke.
# Posted on December 19th 2002 by KenC
Ad-on
By the way, I often throw a lot of slurs into this tune if I'm in the mood, but doing this is not recognised in tradition for this tune so I've not posted the slurs!!!
# Posted on December 20th 2002 by Dafydd Monks
2 bars missing!
Unfortunately Daf - you've left 2 bars out of the first 8!... Go back to the original manuscript and the slurs arent there either!
Sian
# Posted on January 3rd 2003 by sianfiddle
"Blodau'r Grug: 100 Popular Welsh Folk Dance Tunes"
Cymdeithas Ddawns Werin Cymru = The Welsh Folk Dance Society, 1992
Selected and arranged by Alex Hamilton
Revised by Robin Huw Bowen
page 19, tune 32 ~
"Clawdd Offa" = "Offa's Dyke"
"The Oswestry Square"
"Sawdl y Fuwch" = "The Cowslip"
I recommend this, the first of two collections, for anyone with an interest in Welsh dance music, chords are included...
# Posted on November 19th 2005 by ceolachan
"Clawdd Offa" / "Offa's Dyke"
K: Dmaj
|: A |
d2 d A2 G | F A2- A2 A | d2 d F2 G | A3- A2 A |
dcd BB/c/d | e2 c A2 d | BB/c/d ecA | d3 d2 :|
|: c/d/ |
e2 e c2 d | efe e>de | f2 f d2 e | f3 f2 e |
dcB AFA | BB/A/G FGA | Bcd e2 c | d3 -d2 :|
|: c |
d2 c Bde | fe/d/c B2 A | d2 f edc | B3 AA/B/c |
dcB A2 A | B>AG F2 A | Bcd e2 c | df/e/d d2 :|
# Posted on November 19th 2005 by ceolachan