Composed in 2020 during the Coronavirus pandemic, Neville has produced several different arrangements.
- Corona Lament for voice and piano
- Corona Lament for full orchestra
- Corona Lament for clarinet choir
- Corona Lament for string orchestra
It was first recorded for voice and piano in August 2021 by Debra Williams.
Debra Williams: Soprano & piano
Neville John: Speaker
English text (scroll down for Fersiwn Cymraeg)
Corona disease
Stay at home will you please
When at home you can rest
Till the sun reaches west
What a blessing!
Corona disease
Wash your hands will you please
Wash them 10 times a day
It will help keep at bay
Covid nineteen.
Corona disease
Cover face if you sneeze
You will be well ahead
By reducing the spread
What a blessing!
Self isolation is well recommended
Wearing a face mask is highly commended
We’ll beat the virus as long as we obey
What wise advisors in the country have to say.
Corona on cough
It may be a one-off
If it’s frequent beware
It may also impair
Sense of tasting
And sense of smelling
Corona be wise
You will need exercise
Yes you can once a day
Near home not away
What a blessing!
Self isolation is well recommended
Wearing a face mask is highly commended
We’ll beat the virus as long as we obey
What wise advisors in the country have to say.
Corona on work
Do your best not to shirk
To avoid dreaded spike
You can go on your bike
Or by walking.
Corona on food
If you’re not shopping mood
You can order by phone
If you live all alone
What a blessing!
Self isolation is well recommended
Wearing a face mask is highly commended
We’ll beat the virus as long as we obey
What wise advisors in the country have to say.
If you’re working from home
There is no need to roam
You will be well ahead
By reducing the spread
What a blessing!
Corona on crowd
Meeting friends is allowed
But avoid bus or train
There’s no use to complain
When it’s raining
If you’re abnormally hot,
Is it Covid or not?
They will use test and trace
To decide if your case
Is the virus
If you’re offered some wine
It is best to decline
It may increase the spread
And the number of dead
Covid nineteen.
We’ll beat the virus as long as we obey
What wise advisors in the country have to say.
Social gatherings are banned
When police are at hand
M2 distance in mind
Look ahead and behind
While out walking
Covid lock downs are good
Often misunderstood
Crowds will flock to the beach,
Any beach within reach
Most annoying
Corona lament
Vaccine time is well spent
Those who do foul the air
Should be warned of despair
They’re creating.
Corona alert
False predictions will hurt
Stay alert all the time
Just in case there’s a crime
That needs stopping
Corona lament
If you let rooms for rent
Coloured warnings on doors
Coloured footprints on floors
Are a blessing!
What a blessing!
Gofid Covid – addasiad Cymraeg gan E. Wyn James
Covid yw yr haint
sydd yn anferth ei faint.
Paid â theithio’n rhy bell:
aros gartref sy well.
Mae’n beryglus!
Covid yn ddi-baid.
Golchi dwylo sy raid.
’Molcha ddeng waith y dydd
i ti gadw yn rhydd
rhag Corona.
Dyma ddweud yn blaen:
rhag i’r pla fynd ar daen,
gwisg dy fwgwd bob pryd
wrth fynd allan i’r stryd.
Cymer rybudd!
Hunan-ynysu yw’r arfer cyfrifol.
Mwgwd dros wyneb mewn siop sy’n orfodol.
Curwn y feirws os byddwn oll yn gwneud
popeth sydd gan yr arbenigwyr doeth i’w ddweud.
Os cei beswch byth,
paid â dychryn yn syth;
os yn amal y daw,
gwell it fynd i gael praw
am y Covid sy’n creu’r fath ofid.
Covid. Bydd yn gall!
Rhaid ymarfer heb ball.
Cei fynd allan am dro
ond rhaid cadw i’th fro.
Cymer ofal!
Hunan-ynysu yw’r arfer cyfrifol.
Mwgwd dros wyneb mewn siop sy’n orfodol.
Curwn y feirws os byddwn oll yn gwneud
popeth sydd gan yr arbenigwyr doeth i’w ddweud.
Er gwaethaf y pla,
gwna dy holl waith yn dda.
I osgoi mynd yn dost
ac i arbed y gost,
beth am gerdded?
Covid yn rhoi stop
ar fynd allan i’r siop?
Cei archebu trwy’r we
a chael pryd têc-awe:
dyna fendith!
Hunan-ynysu yw’r arfer cyfrifol.
Mwgwd dros wyneb mewn siop sy’n orfodol.
Curwn y feirws os byddwn oll yn gwneud
popeth sydd gan yr arbenigwyr doeth i’w ddweud.
Fe all weithio o’r tŷ
fod yn dipyn o sbri!
Ond gwisg fwgwd bob pryd
wrth fynd allan i’r stryd.
Cymer ofal!
Cerdda wrth dy hun
neu â ffrind hoff gytûn.
Gwell osgoi trên a bws;
a rhaid peidio gwneud ffws
am y tywydd.
Os wyt ti yn rhy boeth,
rhaid it ymddwyn yn ddoeth
a mynd draw i gael praw
am beth bynnag a ddaw
yn ganlyniad.
Os cei gynnig peth gwin,
gwell it ddweud, “Na, mae’n flin.”
Gall y pla ar ei hynt
fynd gryn dipyn ynghynt
ar ôl dropyn.
Curwn y feirws os byddwn oll yn gwneud
popeth sydd gan yr arbenigwyr doeth i’w ddweud.
Er mwyn cadw’r haint draw,
os bydd rhywrai gerllaw,
er bod hynny yn faich,
rhaid eu cadw hyd braich –
cryn ddau fetr.
Mae y Clo yn beth da
er osgoi dal y pla.
Os bydd tyrfa ar draeth,
fe aiff pethau yn waeth.
Dyma rybudd!
Dyna fydd rhyddhad:
derbyn y brechiad rhad.
Rhaid prysuro i’w gael
er manteisio’n ddi-ffael
ar y cyfle.
Covid: hen haint hir!
Nid pawb sy’n dweud y gwir.
Cadwa’n effro’n ddi-baid –
dyna’r cyngor sy raid
rhag ein twyllo.
Covid. Dyna strach!
Ond er mwyn bod yn iach,
cadwn bob rheol sydd:
down o’r diwedd yn rhydd!
Mae yn fendith!
Dyna FENDITH!