"Men of Harlech" - Welsh Patriotic Song

English: "Men of Harlech" or "The March of the Men of Harlech" is a song and military march which is traditionally said to describe events during the seven-year siege of Harlech Castle between 1461 and 1468, when the castle was held by the Lancastrians against the Yorkists as part of the Wars of the Roses. Commanded by Constable Dafydd ap Ieuan, son of the Baron of Hendwr, the garrison withstood the longest known siege in the history of the British Isles. The song has also been associated with the earlier, briefer siege of Harlech Castle about 1408, which pitted the forces of Owain Glyndŵr against the future Henry V of England.
Welsh: Mae’r geiriau'n sôn am warchae ar Gastell Harlech rhwng 1461 a 1468 yn Rhyfeloedd y Rhosynnau pan ffodd y frenhines Margaret, gwraig Harri VI, brenin Lloegr, yno. Roedd Siasbar Tudur, ewythr Harri Tudur, wedi bod yn weithgar yn y Gogledd ar ran y Lancastriaid gan gipio Castell Dinbych yn enw Harri VI. Anfonwyd llu mawr o filwyr o siroedd Lloegr a'r Gororau i ogledd Cymru i gipio'r cestyll yn ôl. Daliodd y gariswn o gefnogwyr y Lancastriaid yn Harlech - y blaid a gefnogwyd gan y mwyafrif llethol o'r Cymry - allan yn erbyn byddin o Iorciaid am wyth mlynedd.
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