"Ar Hyd y Nos" (English: "All Through the Night") is a Welsh song sung to a tune that was published on page 151/152 in Edward Jones' "Musical and Poetical Relics of the Welsh Bards" (1784).
The 1784 Edward Jones version is not the one we're familiar with nowadays. This applies to both the Welsh and English version, both on the same page
Here are the Welsh lyrics
Er bod rhai yn taeru'n galed
Ar hyd y nos
Ddarfod imi golli'nghariad
Ar hyd y nos
Minnau sydd heb fedru coelio
Imi golli'nghariad etto
Imi golli'nghariad etto
Ar hyd y nos
And here the English lyrics
Fain would some with vows persuade me
Ar hyd y nos
That my faithful swain has fled me
Ar hyd y nos
But my beating heart will falter
Ere it thinks his heart can alter,
Ere it thinks his heart can alter,
Ar hyd y nos
On page 185 the English version is listed separately:
In 1799 this version was also published in the US by J. Hewitt in New York (with an extra verse)
Fain would some with vows persuade me
A-ty'd-y-nos
That my faithful Swain has fled me
A-ty'd-y-nos
But my beating heart will falter
Ere it thinks that his can alter,
Ere it thinks that his can alter,
A-ty'd-y-nos
He's so constant I believe him
A-ty'd-y-nos
He'd be true did I deceive him
A-ty'd-y-nos
And I would not give him credit
He were false altho he did it
A-ty'd-y-nos
But William Roberts is likely responsible for the earliest notation of this air published in "Ffrewyll y Methodistiaid" (English: "Whipping The Methodists"), an anti-Methodist anterliwt, written in 1746.
Between 1799 and 1805 Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) wrote an arrangement to the tune with new words by Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775 - 1818) (better known as "Monk Lewis")
In Anthony van Hoboken's List of Works by Joseph Haydn it is Hob.XXXIb:9 "Ar Hyd Y Nos (The Live Long Night)"
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In 1862 John Thomas compiled a series of books called "Welsh Melodies with Welsh and English Poetry". It was a collaborative work with John Jones (Talhaiarn) creating the Welsh words and Thomas Oliphant writing the English (which was often not a translation) and authored by John Thomas the Welsh composer and harpist. There were four volumes, the first two published in 1862, the third in 1870 and the fourth in 1874.
"Ar Hyd Y Nos" was published as song #3 on page 19 in Vol 1.
Here are Thomas Oliphant's lyrics written in 1862:
(1) While the moon her watch is keeping
All through the night
While the weary world is sleeping
All through the night
O'er my bosom gently stealing
Visions of delight revealing
Breathes a pure and holy feeling
All through the night.
(2) Fondly then I dream of thee, Love
All through the night
Waking, still thy form I see, Love
All through the night
When this mortal coil is over
Will thy gentle spirit hover
O'er the bed where sleeps thy lover
All through the night.
The most commonly sung Welsh lyrics were written by John Ceiriog Hughes (1832-1887), published in 1873 in "Songs of Wales" by Brinley Richards, Boosey & Co, London. The English lyrics for this version were written by Walter Maynard (=Thomas Willert Beale)
Here are John Ceiriog Hughes lyrics written in 1873
Holl amrantau'r sêr ddywedant
Ar hyd y nos
"Dyma'r ffordd i fro gogoniant,"
Ar hyd y nos.
Golau arall yw tywyllwch
I arddangos gwir brydferthwch
Teulu'r nefoedd mewn tawelwch
Ar hyd y nos.
O mor siriol, gwena seren
Ar hyd y nos
I oleuo'i chwaer ddaearen
Ar hyd y nos.
Nos yw henaint pan ddaw cystudd
Ond i harddu dyn a'i hwyrddydd
Rhown ein golau gwan i'n gilydd
Ar hyd y nos.
Here are Walter Maynard's lyrics written in 1873
(3) Love, fear not if sad thy dreaming
All through the night,
Through o'ercast, bright stars are gleaming
All through the night.
Joy will come to thee at morning,
Life with sunny hope adorning,
Though sad dreams may give dark warning
All through the night.
(4) Angels watching ever round thee
All through the night,
In thy slumbers close surround thee
All through the night.
They should of all fear disarm thee,
No forebodings should alarm thee,
They will let no peril harm thee,
All through the night.
The most commonly sung English lyrics were written in 1884 by Sir Harold Boulton (1859-1935)
Here's sheetmusic published in 1897 in Cincinnati, OH
(5) Sleep my love and peace attend thee
All through the night
Guardian angels God will lend thee
All through the night
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping
Hill and vale in slumber steeping
Love alone his watch is keeping
All through the night
(6) Though I roam a minstrel lonely
All through the night
My true harp shall praise thee only
All through the night
Love's young dream, alas, is over
Yet my strains of love shall hover
Near the presence of my lover
All through the night
(7) Hark, a solemn bell is ringing
Clear through the night
Thou, my love, art heavenward winging
Home through the night
Earthly dust from off thee shaken
Soul immortal thou shalt waken
With thy last dim journey taken
Home through the night.
Early in the 20th Century most recorded versions use the Harold Boulton lyrics (5) + (6) + (7),
In 1914 Julia Culp was one of the few to use the complete Thomas Oliphant lyrics (1) + (2).
Starting in the sixties most versions start with Boulton verse (5) and incorporate the Thomas Oliphant verse (1).
In 1998 Priscilla Herdman even used lyrics from 3 poets: Boulton (5) + Oliphant (1) and Maynard (4)
Oldest Welsh version I could find:
(o) Madge Breese (1899) (as "Ar Hyd y Nos")
(John Ceiriog Hughes lyrics) Welsh
Recorded March 11, 1899 in London
Released on Berliner Gramophone 3099
Listen here: Ar_Hyd_Y_Nos_Madge_Breese.ogg.mp3
Or here:
(c) Harry MacDonough (1905) (as "All Through The Night")
Harold Boulton lyrics (5) + (7)
Recorded October 27, 1905
Released on Victor 5102
Also released on Victor 16245
Listen here: www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028011/f7/7298.mp3
(c) Evan Williams (1906) (as "All Through The Night")
Harold Boulton lyrics (5) + (7)
Recorded February 2, 1906 in London
Matrix 3495e
Released on Gramophone Concert Record # G.C. 3-2426
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(c) Henry Burr (1906) (as "All Through The Night")
No 5 hit USA
Harold Boulton lyrics (5) + (7)
Released on Columbia 3498
Listen here: HenryBurr1906/AllThroughTheNight1906.mp3
(c) Julia Culp (1914) (as "All Through The Night")
Thomas Oliphant lyrics (1) + (2)
Recorded March 4, 1914 in Camden, New Jersey
Released on Victor 64414
Listen here: All Through the Night - Julia Culp.mp3
(c) Geraldine Farrar (1916) (as "All Through The Night")
Harold Boulton lyrics (5) + (6) + (7)
Recorded May 23, 1916 in Camden, New Jersey
Released on Victrola 87254
Listen here: All Through the Night - Geraldine Farrar.mp3
(c) Charles Harrison (1920) (as "All Through The Night")
Harold Boulton lyrics (5) + (7)
Released on Brunswick 5034
(c) Henry Kirby Davies (1922) (as "Ar Hyd y Nos")
(John Ceiriog Hughes lyrics) Welsh
Recorded March 3, 1922 in New York
Released on Victor 73317
(c) Shannon Four (1926) (as "All Through The Night")
Harold Boulton lyrics (5) + (7) (Although the label says Maynard)
Recorded November 1920
Released on Vocalion B 15151
Listen here: All Through The Night - Shannon Four - Maynard.mp3
(c) Paul Robeson (1937) (as "All Through The Night")
Harold Boulton lyrics (5) + (6) + (7)
Recorded October 18, 1937 in Abbey Road Studio No.1 in London
Released on HMV B-8668
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(c) Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra (1938) (as "All Through The Night")
Harold Boulton lyric (5)
(c) Kingston Trio (1960) (as "All Through The Night")
Harold Boulton lyric (5) + an adapted Thomas Oliphant lyric (1) + 1 verse with own lyrics
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(c) Mystics (1960) (as "All Through The Night")
With a young Jerry Landis (=Paul Simon)
With own adapted English lyrics by Kal Mann.
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(c) Jo Stafford and Gordon Macrae (1963) (as "All Through The Night")
Harold Boulton lyric (5) + Thomas Oliphant lyric (1)
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(c) Vera Lynn (1963) (as "All Through The Night")
Harold Boulton lyrics (5) + (6)
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(c) Peter, Paul and Mary (1969) (as "All Through The Night")
Harold Boulton lyric (5) + Walter Maynard lyric (4)
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(c) Harpers Bizarre (1969) (as "All Through The Night")
Adapted own lyrics by (Scoppertone/Petersen/Templeman)
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In 1976 Nana Mouskouri sang both a Welsh/English and a German version
(c) Nana Mouskouri (1976) (as "Ar Hyd Y Nos (All Through The Night)")
Listen here:
(c) Nana Mouskouri (1976) (as "In Dieser Nacht")
Listen to her German version here:
(c) Judy Collins (1990) (as "All Through The Night")
Harold Boulton lyric (5) + Thomas Oliphant lyric (1)
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(c) Priscilla Herdman (1998) (as "All Through The Night")
Harold Boulton lyric (5) + Walter Maynard lyric (4) + Thomas Oliphant lyric (1)
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(c) Nancy Wilson (2001) (as "All Through The Night")
Same lyrics as the Kingston Trio (1960)
Harold Boulton lyric (5) + an adapted Thomas Oliphant lyric (1) + 1 verse with Kingston Trio lyrics
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(c) Olivia Newton-John (2007) (as "All Through The Night")
featuring Michael McDonald
Harold Boulton lyric (5) + Thomas Oliphant lyric (1) + The 1960 Kingston Trio adapted Oliphant lyric (1)
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(c) Sheryl Crow (2008) (as "All Through The Night")
Harold Boulton lyric (5) + Thomas Oliphant lyric (1) + Harold Boulton lyrics (6) + (7)
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(c) Alan Stivell (2009) (as "An hirañ noz")
Alan Stivell sings the song in Breton, Welsh and English on his 23rd album Emerald
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(c) Heart and Richard Marx (2014) (as "All Through The Night")
Harold Boulton lyric (5) + (an amalgam of Walter Maynard lyric (4) and Harold Boulton lyric(1)) + Thomas Oliphant lyric (1)
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