Aafje Heynis, All Through the Night

Ar Hyd y Nos is a Welsh folksong sung to a tune that was first recorded in Edward Jones' Musical and Poetical Relics of the Welsh Bards (1784). Different English lyrics were written by Sir Harold Boulton in 1884 and set to the same tune.

"Deep the silence 'round us spreading
All through the night.
Dark the path that we are treading
All through the night.
Still the coming day discerning
By the hope within us burning.
To the dawn our footsteps turning
All through the night.

Star of faith the dark adorning
All through the night.
Leads us fearless t'wards the morning
All through the night.
Though our hearts be wrapt in sorrow,
From the hope of dawn we borrow
Promise of a glad tomorrow
All through the night."