Irish Songs Lyrics With Guitar Chords By Martin Dardis

Bachgen Bach O Dincer

Home
Lyrics + Chords A-B
C - F
G - J
K - M
N - R
S - T
U - Z
The Tin Whistle Song Book With Letter Notes
Sheet Music And Tin Whistle
Tin Whistle Music 2
Learning Tin Whistle
Children's Songs On Tin Whistle
Pop Songs For The Tin Whistle
Christmas Carols For The Tin Whistle
Traditional Whistle Sheet Music
The Dubliners
Christy Moore
Wolfe Tones
Fureys Brothers
Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem
Pogues
Most Popular Songs
Dublin City Ramblers
Johnny McEvoy
Scottish Songs
Gaeilge Songs
Foster & Allen
Irish Brigade
Country And Pop
Mary Black
Derek Ryan
Eric Bogle
Corries
McCalmans
Saw Doctors
Seamus Moore
Tommy Sands
Colum Sands
Football And Hurling Songs
American Folk And Patriotic Songs
German Songs
Runrig
Charlie And The Bhoys
Big Tom
Nathan Carter Lyrics
Welsh Songs
Other Songs And Resources
Updates
Learn Guitar

Bachgen Bach O Dincer / A Little Tinker Boy 4/4
The lyrics and chords fit Siwsann George’s version from her album ‚Traditional Songs of Wales / Caneuon Traddodiadol Cymru’. The version here is in the key of em (capo on 7th fret or am=em, G=D, C=G)

(Am)Bachgen bach o dincer
(G)Yn myned hyd y wlad,
Cario'i dwls a’i dacle’,
(Am)’Neud ei waith yn rhad,
Yn ei law ’roedd haearn
Ac (C)ar ei gefn ’roedd bocs,
(Am)Pwt o getyn yn ei geg,
A (G)than ei drwyn ’roedd (Am)locs.

Cyrfa / Chorus
(Am)Potsiar peipar
A (G)twigar owns agen,
Ddy potsiar o ddy peipar
O ddy (Am)nicrbocr lein;
La di da di da di da,
(C)Hoc it on ddy tshen,
Ddy (Am)potsiar o ddy peipar
O ddy (G)knickerbocker (Am)line.

(Am)Cydio yn y babell,
Y (G)piser neu'r ystên;
Taro'r haearn yn y tân
A (Am)dal i sgwrsio'n glên;
Eistedd yn y gongol,
Un (C)goes ar draws y llall,
(Am)Taenu'r sodor gloyw glân
I (G)gywrain guddio'r (Am)gwall.

Cyrfa / Chorus
(Am)Holi hwn ac arall
(G)Ple'r aeth y tincer mwyn,
Gyda'i becyn ar ei gefn,
A (Am)chetyn dan ei drwyn.
Bachgen bach o dincer
Ni (C)welir yn y wlad;
Mae'n (Am)golled ar ei ôl
I (G)'neud ei waith yn (Am)rhad.

Cyrfa / Chorus
English Translation of the verses

A little tinker boy
Wandering the countryside
Carrying his pack on his back
And doing his work cheaply.
In his hand an iron
And on his back a box,
A little pipe in his mouth
And under his nose, whiskers.

Taking up a pitcher,
A pot or frying pan,
Placing the iron in the fire,
While talking in a friendly manner,
Sitting in the corner,
One leg over the other,
Spreading the clean and shiny solder
To mend the defect tidily.

We ask different people
Where the kind tinker has gone,
With his pack on his back
And his pipe under his nose.
The little tinker boy
Is nowhere to be seen,
Oh what a loss it is –
He did his work so cheaply.

   
rsz_1rsz_1rsz_greenwhiteorange2.jpg

Privacy Policy        Links  Copyright  © 2002 - 2014 Martin Dardis

rsz_1rsz_1rsz_greenwhiteorange2.jpg