Hot and VERY sunny here in Folsom CA- in the 100's F this week, dropping to a mere 97 tomorrow ..... I see on my i-phone it's in the 50's F and showery in Aberystwyth. Aaaah! At least it'll be that lovely green colour everywhere, unlike here, where the world is turning browner by the hour.

Now, the help bit. I need to listen to slow, steady audio recordings of Psalms 23 & 121, spoken in Welsh, from the 1588 Bishop Morgan Welsh translation.Does anyone know of such recordings? or perhaps if you are aWelsh speaker, you might just possibly speak theminto your built-in computer mike, and send me the resultant audio file??? Recording quality doesn't matter, as long as the words are audible!

Why ? I hear you ask. Well, I have a perfomance project called 'Songs of God - A Perfomance', consisting in declaiming, for want of a better word, lyrical passages from the Bible (I'm using 3 versions: Tyndale, King James and the Morgan Bible) and poetry inspired by it; and I really, really want to include pieces from the wonderful Welsh translation. Now my mom, Gertie Preece, left Wales when she was three months old, as the family moved to Hereford; and her Welsh mom died young; so she, and consequently her kids, grew up speaking English. I can read Welsh very slowly, and can understand it a little if it's spoken real slow, but I do need help with intonation, stress and pronunciation. Hence the above request!

In return, my saviour will have my undying gratitude, honorable mentions on my Songs of God website and blog*, full credit on my upcoming Songs of God CD, free copy of same, and complimentary admission to my performance, should I ever be appearing in your locality.

That's it, really! Hope you can help!

Regards,

Phil Ryder

email: songsofgod@live.com

* Website: www.songsofgod.net And you can accessmy Songs of God blog via a link on the site.