2026 Day 306

 2026 DedhTrei Hans ha Whegh

De Lün, nessa mis Dû
Monday, 2nd November

Da ew genam an curl ma dhort Sent Dey, ogas dhe Redrudh. Curl meurgerys ew en Kernow. Da ew genen an kelynen - hemm ew agan gwedhen Nadelik. Scrifys o en Sowsnek, bes nebes tüs a dreylyas an geryow dhe Gernowek. Ma moy es üdn vercyon. Otta onan anodhans.

I like this carol from St Day, near to Redruth. It's a popular carol in Cornwall. We like the holly tree - this is our Christmas tree. It was written in English, but some people translated the words to Cornish. There is more than one version. Here's one of them.

Curl Sent Dey

 

Now the holly bears a berry as white as the milk,

And Mary she bore Jesus, who was wrapped up in silk: 

1. Greun gwydn eus dhe’n kelyn, `ga wydn `vel an rew,

Ha dinethys veu Jesus, an üdn Mâb Duw. 

          (pednposorn)

 

Chorus: And Mary she bore Jesus our Saviour for to be,

And the first tree that's in the greenwood, it was the holly.

Holly! Holly!

And the first tree that's in the greenwood; it was the holly! 

Ha Jesus ew ’gan Salvador, agan pernas der y woos,

Ha’n kelyn o an kensa dhe devy e’n coos,

Kelyn, Kelyn,

Ha’n kelyn o an kensa dhe devy e’n coos.

 

Now the holly bears a berry as green as the grass,

And Mary she bore Jesus, who died on the cross:

Chorus 

2. Greun glas eus dhe’n kelyn, ’ga las ’vel an gwels,

Ha Maria dheg Jesus, a verwas dhe’n crows. 

          (pednposorn)

 

Now the holly bears a berry as black as the coal,

And Mary she bore Jesus, who died for us all:

Chorus

3. Greun dû eus dhe’n kelyn, ’ga dû ’vel an glow,

Ha Maria dheg Jesus, veu gorrys en vow. 

          (pednposorn)

 

 Now the holly bears a berry, as blood is it red,

Then trust we our Saviour, who rose from the dead:

Chorus

4. Greun rüdh eus dhe’n kelyn, ’ga rüdh ’vel an ros,

Ha Maria dheg Jesus a dhassorras e’n nos. 

          (pednposorn)