A lovely little Welsh Christmas Carol #harp #christmas #welsh #carol

A pretty Welsh carol written in 1934 #harp #christmas #welsh #carol

Here's what the Original Welsh version of Deck the Halls sounded like: #harp #music #welsh #christmasmusic

Bizarrely, most people playing this song seem to be violinists? #harp #welsh #music

With the lyrics "egg colored smile", it could be a psychedelic Beatles song. But it's a Welsh folk song. #harp #welsh #eggs

Glandovey is the old Anglicized name for Glandyfi, a small Hamlet in Wales. #harp #welsh

Apparently this one is popular with the rugby and football (soccer) fans. #harp #welsh #rugby #football

Little Saucepan tells of the passing of life through the immutable, unchanging boiling of a saucepan. #harp #welsh

How could anyone not want to listen to a song with such a evocative title? #harp #welsh #pigs

You want a macabre love song? I got one: #harp #music #welsh #macabre #lovesongs

So this giant sat on a mountain to watch the stars. That's how Chair of Idris got its name. But its Cadair in Welsh. #harp #music #welsh #mountainview

I should probably learn some Welsh, if not just to figure out how to pronounce some of these: Hefredoll? Haifridull? Herfridol? #harp #welsh #pronunciationchallenge

@resonateharps.bsky.social If you are craving a melodramatic rejected by love song, give the lyrics a read: #harp #music #welsh #lovesongs

A traditional Welsh song. Definitely not about my friend Robin. #harp #music #welsh #birds

I am a foolish young boy, Living according to my fancy, Watching the White Wheat: #harp #music #welsh #wheat

The Ash Grove - surprising twist at the end if you read the lyrics. Wasn't expecting that one. #harp #welsh #music

The Queen's Marsh, which for some reason always sticks in my head as the Queen's March. Lovely tune, but definitely not a march. #harp #music #welsh #queen

House and Garden #harp #music #welsh

Cwm Rhondda or Guide Me, O Thou Great Redeemer is a bit of an unofficial anthem of Wales #harp #music #welsh #wales #anthem

Here's a very pretty one. A little haunting, perhaps? #harp #music #welsh #boats

Don't listen to this one too frequently: #harp #welsh #folk #traditional #music

Torth O Fara in Welsh. It translates to A Loaf of Bread #harp #music #welsh #folkmusic

A Cry - Llef in its original Welsh was written in the 1890s, but sounds much older. #harp #welsh

Time for some Welsh songs! A Bit on the Finger got changed to Buttered Peas when it entered English #harp #welsh #peas #butter #fingerfood

The last of my Scottish songs #scotland #harp

Either a silly childhood rhyme about food or a song about the Jacobite Revolution, take your pick. #scotland #harp #jacobites

Robert Burns wrote the words to this one #scotland #harp #morning #RobertBurns

The Hundred Pipers - performed without a single piper in sight. #harp #scottish

One of the best titled songs I know. #harp #scottish #Willie

A song from the Scottish Hebrides islands #scotland #harp #hebrides

My Love She's But a Lassie Yet - with words by Robert Burns #harp #scotland #RobertBurns

A traditional song from the Scottish Orkney Islands. #harp #Orkney #Scottish

A song from Shetland - way into the North Sea. #shetland #scotland #harp

A song translated from Scots Gaelic. It was very popular in the medieval period #scotland #harp #medieval

A Scottish tune of unknown origin, with words eventually written by Carolina Nairne #scottish #harp #rowan #CarolinaNairne

A Scottish song used almost exclusively for funerals and war remembrances. There's some superstitions around playing this one outside of one of those events. #scotland #harp #funeral

I've been to Loch Leven Castle. It is beautiful, haunting, and lonely. Highly recommend #scotland #harp #lochleven

I've not been to Loch Lomond, but I bet its banks are bonnie. #scotland #harp #lochlomond

Fear a' Bhàta, or The Boatman - a lovely Scottish Gaelic song about awaing your love who has gone to sea #harp #scotland #gaelic

A song from the Scottish borderlands #harp #scotland #Selkirkshire

The Elfin Knight - an old folk ballad from Scotland #harp #scotland #ballad #faeries

A very chaste love song for once! #harp #scotland #lovesongs

A Scottish song collected from the Faeries on the way home from a wedding once upon a time #harp #scotland #fey #fairies

The unofficial national anthem of Scotland #harp #Scotland youtu.be/oXKumUj8As0?...

Come, let's wander hand in hand #scottish #harp

A naughty little Scottish song about a ball that got a bit out of hand. Thankfully there are umpteen verses out there and I could pick a few clean ones to include. #harp #scotland

A traditional song from Shetland - an island way off the north of Scotland. #harp #scotland #shetland

Doon the Brae, or Down the Hill if you don't speak Scots. #harp #scotland

The Peat Fire Flame is a fun one to play. In the Hebrides where this song comes from, they traditionally burn peat as a source of fuel for indoor heating and cooking. #harp #scotland #hebrides #peat

Guess who thought this Irish song was actually Scottish? Oops. Figured it out eventually. #harp #irish #ireland #gaelic