Where to find phonetic pronunciation of a Welsh song?

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1. manz d says:

   August 21, 2009 at 4:50 pm

   ‘ll’ is produced by placing the body of the tongue to the roof of your mouth, and blowing. this should produce a friction noise.

   ‘dd’ is produced the same way as ‘ll’ but with the tip of the tongue to the back of the teeth (as the ‘th’ noise in ‘the’)

   Holl amrantau’r sêr ddywedant,
   hoh-LL am-rant-ah-uh r sehr the-wed-ant

   Ar hyd y nos.
   ar hid eh nos (long vowel on the o)

   Dyma’r ffordd i fro gogoniant,
   d-eh-ma r ffor-DD (imagine saying fork, but with the aforementioned ‘th’ noise at the end) ee vro goh-goh-nee-ant

   Ar hyd y nos;
   ar hid eh nos

   Golau arall yw tywyllwch,
   go-la ar-aLL iw teh-weh-LL-ooCH (ch, as in the scottish ‘loch’)

   I arddangos gwir brydferthwch;
   ee ar-DD-ang(anchor, without the cor noise)-os gw-eer br-eh-verTH-ooCH (TH as in THink)

   Teulu’r nefoedd mewn tawelwch,
   tey-lee r neh-voiDD me-oon tah-weh-looCH

   Ar hyd y nos.
   ar hid eh nos

   O! Mor siriol gwena’r seren,
   O! m-oh-r see-ree-ol goo-eh-na r seh-ren

   Ar hyd y nos.
   ar heed eh nos

   I oleuo’i chwaer ddaearen,
   ee oh-lei-oh ee CHoo-ah-ir DDei-ah-ren

   Ar hyd y nos.
   ar heed eh nos

   Nos yw henaint pan ddaw cystudd,
   nos iw hen-aeent pan DDah-oo keh-st-idd

   Ond i harddu dyn a’i hwyrddydd
   oh-nd ee harDD-i din a ee who-ir-DDiDD

   Rhown ein golau gwan i’n gilydd,
   RHown aeen go-la goo-an een gee-leeDD
   (RH=an aspirated R)

   Ar hyd y nos.
   ar heed eh nos

   hope this helps