Mynd ar yr Asyn
Helen Christine Clement visited Chylch Meithrin yr Hendy in Carmarthenshire. She talked about the Welsh nursery rhymes she used to sing when she was a young child - 'Jac y Do', 'Dau Gi Bach' and 'Iar Fach Bert yw Fy Iar Fach I'. As the cylchoedd meithrin didn't exist when Helen was a child, the children were 5 years old when they started school, therefore it was her mother who used to sing these songs to her.
One of her favourites was 'Mynd ar yr Asyn' (Riding a Donkey), which features a donkey galloping up and down the valley. These are the words as they are sung on the video clip:
'Mynd ar yr asyn, clipiti-clop,
Mynd ar yr asyn, trot, trot, trot,
Lan i'r mynydd ac i lawr y cwm,
Draw dros y dolydd, bwm, bwm, bwm.
Gyrru a gyrru, gyrru a gyrru,
Gyrru a gyrru fel y gwynt!
'Mynd ar yr asyn, clipiti-clop,
Mynd ar yr asyn, trot, trot, trot,
Lan i'r mynydd ac i lawr y cwm,
Draw dros y dolydd, bwm, bwm, bwm.