A Welsh celebration of St Valentine's Day.
'Erbyn dydd bolantau
Cawn wyau gan y gwyddau'
Until nearly the close of the nineteenth century, the custom of sending Valentines was fairly general and very popular in Wales. They were sent on St. Valentine's Day, because of the old idea that the birds began to mate on that day, hence the practice of young people choosing their Valentines on the same day.
'Yn dewis y mae'r adar
Yn awr bob un ei gymar.
Un, un ddewisaf finnau
A hon wyt ti, lliw'r blodau.'
Songs by Edith Maud Lewis (Soprano), Glanville Davies (Baritone)
Harpist: Nancy Bryant Davies
Scene 1. - February 14, 1867. Bolantau Cariad (Love Valentines)
Scene 2. - February 14, 1887. Bolantau Hyll (Ugly Valentines)
Scene 3. - February 14, 1927. Bolantau Atgof (Memories)