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((Short description|Traditional Welsh Folk Song))
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'''Sosban Fach''' ([[Welsh Language|Welsh]] for "little saucepan") is a traditional Welsh [[folk music|folk]] song. It is one of the best-known and most often sung songs in the Welsh language.

The song is based on a verse written by [[Richard Davies (Mynyddog)|Mynyddog]] in 1873 as part of his song ''Rheolau yr Aelwyd'' ("Rules of the home") — see below. Talog Williams, an accountant from Dowlais, created the song we have today by altering Mynyddog's verse and adding four new verses.<ref>''Cydymaith i Lenyddiaeth Cymru'' ("Companion to (the) Literature of Wales"), p. 543.</ref> The song catalogues the troubles of a harassed housewife.

The song is associated with the [[rugby union]] club [[Llanelli RFC]] and, more recently, the [[Scarlets]] regional rugby side. The association derives from [[Llanelli|Llanelli's]] [[Tinning|tin plating]] industry, which used to tin-plate steel saucepans and other kitchen utensils as a cheap supply to the British public. During the final years of [[Stradey Park]], the former ground of Llanelli RFC and the Scarlets, the goalposts were adorned with Scarlet saucepans as a tribute to the town's history; the utensils have been transferred to the clubs' new ground, [[Parc y Scarlets]]. The Scarlets' official magazine is titled ''Sosban''.

[[Bryn Terfel]] recorded the song on his 2000 album ''[[We'll Keep a Welcome (album)|We'll Keep a Welcome]]''.<ref name="Allmusic">((AllMusic|class=album|id=well-keep-a-welcome-mw0000612493|label=We'll Keep a Welcome))</ref>

==Lyrics==
{| border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="10"
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:     '''Welsh'''
:Mae bys Meri-Ann wedi brifo,
:A Dafydd y gwas ddim yn iach.
:Mae'r baban yn y crud yn crio,
:A'r gath wedi sgramo Joni bach.
:Sosban fach yn berwi ar y tân,
:Sosban fawr yn berwi ar y llawr,
:A'r gath wedi sgramo Joni bach.

::Dai bach y soldiwr,
::Dai bach y soldiwr,
::Dai bach y soldiwr,
::A chwt ei grys e mas.

:Mae bys Meri-Ann wedi gwella,
:A Dafydd y gwas yn ei fedd;
:Mae'r baban yn y crud wedi tyfu,
:A'r gath wedi huno mewn hedd.
:Sosban fach yn berwi ar y tân
:Sosban fawr yn berwi ar y llawr
:A'r gath wedi huno mewn hedd.

::Dai bach y sowldiwr,
::Dai bach y sowldiwr,
::Dai bach y sowldiwr,
::A chwt ei grys e mas.

:Aeth hen Fari Jones i Ffair y Caerau
:I brynu set o lestri de;
:Ond mynd i'r ffos aeth Mari gyda'i llestri
:Trwy yfed gormod lawer iawn o "de"
:Sosban fach yn berwi ar y tân
:Sosban fawr yn berwi ar y llawr
:A'r gath wedi huno mewn hedd.

:'''English''' (literal translation)
:Mary-Ann has hurt her finger,
:And David the servant is not well.
:The baby in the cradle is crying,
:And the cat has scratched little Johnny.
:A little saucepan is boiling on the fire,
:A big saucepan is boiling on the floor,
:And the cat has scratched little Johnny.

::Little Dai the soldier,
::Little Dai the soldier,
::Little Dai the soldier,
::And his shirt tail is hanging out.

:Mary-Ann's finger has got better,
:And David the servant is in his grave;
:The baby in the cradle has grown up,
:And the cat is "asleep in peace".
:A little saucepan is boiling on the fire,
:A big saucepan is boiling on the floor,
:And the cat is "asleep in peace".

::Little Dai the soldier,
::Little Dai the soldier,
::Little Dai the soldier,
::And his shirt tail is hanging out.

:Old Mary Jones went to the fair in Caerau,
:To buy a tea set;
:But Mary and her teacups ended up in a ditch,
:By drinking rather too much "tea".
:A little saucepan is boiling on the fire,
:A big saucepan is boiling on the floor,
:And the cat is "asleep in peace".
|-
|}

===Variations===
This song has been adopted by the fans of the rugby team, the [[Scarlets|Llanelli Scarlets]]. Many English variations can be heard in the stands during rugby matches.

After Llanelli beat a strong New Zealand side on 31 October 1972, a new English chorus could be heard:

:Who beat the All Blacks,
:Who beat the All Blacks,
:Who beat the All Blacks
:Good old Sosban fach.

Honouring the Llanelli RFC teams which beat the touring Australian national teams in 1908 and 1992, a further English chorus variation has been sung alongside the All Blacks verse:

: Who beat the Walla-Wallabies?
: Who beat the Walla-Wallabies?
: Who beat the Walla-Wallabies?
: Good old Sosban Fach

Other variations include the following.

:Who beat the Leicester Tigers?
:Who beat the Leicester Tigers?
:Good old Dafydd James

Dafydd James refers to a player who scored the winning points in a [[Heineken Cup]] match.

A verse was "uncovered" in Patagonia that is sung by descendants of Welsh settlers and follows the second original verse:<ref>Macsen Tywi Jones</ref>

:Fe gladdwyd y gath mewn lle doniol:
:Mewn bocs lle'r oedd Nain yn cadw'r startsh,
:A dodwyd ei chorff mewn beddrod,
:A'r band yn chwarae y death-march<ref>Delith Pugh de Jones</ref><ref>Twm Morys</ref>

("The cat was buried in a funny place / In a box where Granny kept starch / Her body was placed in a grave / And the band is playing the death march.")

===Original verse by Mynyddog===
{| border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="10"
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:     '''Welsh'''
:Pan fyddo yr aelwyd yn oeri,
:A'r anwyd yn dyfod o'r gwaed;
:Pan fyddo y trwyn bron a rhewi
:A'r winrew ar fysedd y traed;
:Pan fo Catherine Ann wedi briwio
:A Dafydd y gwas ddim yn iach,
:A'r babi yn nadu a chrio
:A'r gath wedi crafu John Bach:
:Rhowch broc i'r tân,
:A chanwch gân
:I gadw'r cwerylon o'r aelwyd lân.
| style="background:#f0f8ff" |
:'''English'''
:When the hearth cools
:And the blood runs cold;
:When the nose is almost frozen
:And the toes are freezing;
:When Catherine Ann is hurt
:And Dafydd the servant is not well,
:And the baby is howling and crying
:And the cat has scratched little John:
:Put wood on the fire
:And sing a song
:To keep quarrels away from the fair hearth
|-
|}

==Other media==

Author [[Diana Wynne Jones]] refers to the song several times as 'Calcifer's silly saucepan song' in her book ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (novel)|Howl's Moving Castle]]''.

The Welsh rock band [[Man (band)|Man]] has a recording of the song on the live album ''Back Into the Future'', 1973.  It is sung by the [[Gwalia Male Choir]].

==See also==
* ''[[Sospan Dau]]'', a ship named for the song

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==

((Scarlets))

Live performance here :
*https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nUn5Q_bx40g

((Authority control))

[[Category:Welsh folk songs]]
[[Category:Llanelli]]
[[Category:Scarlets]]
[[Category:Llanelli RFC]]

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