"Ar Lan y Môr" ("Beside the Sea") is a traditional Welsh
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song. Various forms of the text exist, including some where the metre and subject of some verses suggest insertions from other unrelated songs. The song is a love song. As with many other Welsh songs, there are alternative words set to the same tune.
"Ar Lan y Môr" has been frequently recorded. Notably, the song features on the first
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