THE WELSH "TIPPERARY"

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 60, 11 March 1915, Page 11

THE WELSH "TIPPERARY"

'A large number of Weigh soldiers, filling compartments of a long Great West- ■ ~*? : : *Jaip,-passed- ttrraus:!; Snow Hill Station eTeuiag on .their -way to the South """'England. There were many people on at the time, -and- -during- the the train was at a standstill ; treated to some typical Welsh ■ -including the rendering of "Ton y i Botel, - * which may be- described as the -'"*.^ 1 '"Tipperary,"" atid which, translated. IplPfe' "The Tune of the Bottle." This is I ' »tf? finest popular air ia Wale?, nest, of l jgKfe, ,to -The Laud of ily Fathers."'and : "i*".nicfc() u-id n is a rather carious j '^ a " 3 -" ' Il ' j rmg the last religious revival in tviiieh Evan Roberts was' the --Prjuciji-i azure, a seale-l bottle TV3S dls- | .xerea ou ? mc part of t! j e eoast> and tvbeu ?rS.ed'.ic--t ra y- f oaU( i contain -tbe-JUa"}''- \ pt of a hymn tune, which quickly caoj*n« fancy., and iecahie -knowa :a> \~%?-.~ 7 Botel." its strains are somewhat - .?£ ?tilo ' s - bn * n«vertheless it" is sung with :« - seenjar- gathcringe - "Wre;; people congregate in large ■ißabiers..

MABIME.

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