John Lloyd Williams in Llanrwst - July, 1911
from John Lloyd Williams Diaries:
Arrear Notes at Llanrwst After supper Wm. took me to see Dr. Williams - he and his wife were said to be acq[uai]nt[e]d. with old songs - I found these were not F[olk] songs but composed - some Eng[lish] w[ith] W[elsh] words. I sang Deryn Du - the Dr's father - an old man hunched up in easy chair - smoking a short pipe - wheezed out "I used to know that when I was a boy" he proceeded to recite the words but unfortunately could not sing a note - He knew the words of half a dozen & two or three ballads that were new to me.
John Lloyd Williams, J. Lloyd Williams Diaries. In National Library of Wales, number GB 0210 JLLW MB1/1-42. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1432978710604 accessed: 7 October, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composersDeryn du | performed by old man |
Experience Information
Date/Time | July, 1911 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, in private, indoors |
Notes
Folk song collecting