Mi a glywais fod yr ’hedydd, Wedi marw ar y mynydd; Pe gwyddwn i mai gwir y geiria’, Awn â gyr o wŷr ac arfa’, I gyrchu corff yr ’hedydd adra’.
Mi a glywais fod cornchwiglan Yn ei ddychryn i ffwrdd o’r siglan Ac na chaiff, er dianc rhagddi, Wedi rhusio o dan y drysi, Ond aderyn y bwn i’w boeni.
Mi a glywais gan y wennol Fod y tylwyth teg yn ’morol Am arch i’r ’hedydd bach o risial , Ac am amdo o'r pren afal, Ond piti fâi dwyn pob petal.
I heard that a lapwing Frightens him away from the bog And that, although he escapes And hides away in a panic beneath the thicket, It will only be for the bittern to worry him.
This second version was used, for example, by Bryn Terfel on CD,[8] and by Arfon Gwilym for Trac Cymru (Folk Development for Wales).
[10] In 1979, Myrddin ap Dafydd created a third version of the words, based on the idea of it being about Glyndŵr, for the folk group Plethyn who released it on a cassette entitled 'Blas y Pridd', and subsequently in 1990 on a CD.
[11] During the celebration of the 600th anniversary of Glyndŵr's uprising, Myrddin ap Dafydd wrote a fourth version adding five verses to the original, entitled 'Mawl yr Ehedydd' (The Lark's Eulogy).