Men of Harlech (John Hyatt Brewer)

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• (Posted 2024-08-26)  CPDL #72941:  PDF, MP3, MXL, SIB and MIDI files available.

Editor: Philip Le Bas (submitted 2024-08-26).   Score information: Unknown   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Arranged for a cappella TTBB choir from original SATB marching song accompanied by piano

General Information

Title: Men of Harlech
Composer: John Hyatt Brewer
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: TTBB
Genre: Secular, Folksong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 2024
Description: 

External websites:

• https://plbmusic.blogspot.com/2024/04/men-of-harlech.html

Original text and translations

English text

1. Men of Harlech honour calls us,
No proud Saxon e'er appalls us!
On we march, whate'er befall us,
Never shall we fly!
Forward, lightly bounding,
To the trumpets sounding,
Forward ever, backward never,
The proud foe astounding;
Fight for father, sister, mother,
Each is bound to each as brother,
And with faith in one another
We will win or die.

2. Tho' our mothers may be weeping,
Tho' our sisters may be keeping
Watch for some, who now are sleeping
On the battle field,
Still the trumpets' braying,
Sounds on, ever saying,
Let each bowman pierce a foeman,
And ne'er stop the slaying,
Till invaders learn to fear us,
And no Saxon linger near us;
Men of Wales! our God doth hear us,
Never will we yield!