Men of Harlech: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Men of Harlech, credited to Talhaiarn, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox readers present 7 versions of "Men of Harlech" by Talhaiarn. This was the weekly poem for the week of September 23, 2012. "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 long siege of Harlech Castle between 1461 and 1468. The music was first published without words in 1794, but it is said to be a much earlier folk air. The song was published in Volume II of the 1862 collection Welsh Melodies with the Welsh lyrics by the Welsh poet John Jones (Talhaiarn). A version translated by John Oxenford was published in "The Songs of Wales" in 1873 with music edited by Brinley Richards. This is the version recorded in this wee

Recording facts

• Recording title: Men of Harlech
• Author credits: Talhaiarn
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 7
• Listed recording duration: 13:56

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• weekly poetry
• weekly poem

Track guide

1. Men of Harlech! - Read by CAM — 2:10
2. Men of Harlech! - Read by CD — 1:51
3. Men of Harlech! - Read by DL — 1:34
4. Men of Harlech! - Read by JCM — 1:34
5. Men of Harlech! - Read by LRS — 3:09
6. Men of Harlech! - Read by RN — 2:05
7. Men of Harlech! - Read by TJH — 1:36

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