The Withered Leaf
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Withered Leaf", known in Welsh as "Y Stwffwl" ("The Doorknocker") is a Welsh<br> air in 3/4 time and G Major.<br> The tune is the air to several well known Welsh songs. John Parry, writing in the<br> Cambro-Briton, vol. 1 (1819, pp. 174-175) remarks: <br> I am sorry, that such a sweet air, as this is, should have such an unmusical name<br> [as "The Door Clapper"]. It is called in many parts of Wales "The Withered Leaf".<br> The words in this selection commence thus: <br> Sure form of frail beauty that bloom'd for a while,<br> And bade for a season the green forest smile:<br> Ah! well may'st thou shrink from the pitiless blast,<br> And pine for the days that forever are past.<br> A setting for the song was composed by Franz Joseph Haydn. <br> It was printed in Kidson & Shaw's Songs of Britain: A Collection of One Hundred English,<br> Welsh, Scottish and Irish National Airs (1913) (appears as "The Withered Leaf") and<br> Williamson's English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes (1976). <br> It was recorded by Peter Janson on A Long Road: Tunes from Celtic Lands (2013) and<br> Idlewild on Hindeg (2003). <br> The version given here combines elements of both printed sources and the recording on the<br> Hindeg CD.<br>
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