Y Bardd Cocos
by Einir Roscoe
(Perth in Western Australia)
St Tysilio Church Island, Menai Bridge
Menai Suspension Bridge from St Tysilio Chucrh Island
Hi Wil
Was it my imagination that my Nain and Taid used to talk about someone called
Y Bardd Cocos -
I think.
I remember them saying he was from
Brynsiencyn way?
I know it has nothing to do with this thread. Just asking maybe someone does actually remember and it’s not my imagination.
Einir xx
Hi again Einir,
Swsus to you too.
Do you remember the four lions on the Britannia Bridge, two on both sides? Y Bardd Cocos (the Cocckle Bard) wrote a very well known ditty about these lions. There's a tansalation on my
Britannia Bridge page.
Pedwar llew tew
Heb ddim blew,
Dau 'rochr yma
A dau 'rochr drewI've just disovered that his name is
John Evans (1826-1888). I hadn't made the connection. He is bured on the
Church Island of St Tysilio below Thomas Telford's Suspension Bridge.
He was renowned for writing poetry that was not supopsed to be funny but was. Wikipedia has very little on it, unless you check out the Welsh version.
Google 'Y Bardd Cocos' and you'll find plenty there.
Pob lwc
Wil