Celtic

John Ceiriog Hughes (Ceiriog)

1832–1887


John Ceiriog Hughes, known as Ceiriog, was a Welsh poet born in the Ceiriog valley of Denbighshire, famed for the lyrics he wrote for old Welsh airs, and often called the Burns of Wales.

Four of his songs are given in English verse by Alfred Perceval Graves in A Celtic Psaltery (1917).

  1. The Reign of Love
  2. Plas Gogerddan
  3. All Through the Night
  4. David of the White Rock

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