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from the 1996 EMPORTO cd album "A Festival of Folk"

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Oh what will you give me?

Say the sad bells of Rhymney.

Is there hope for the future?

Say the brown bells of Merthyr.

Who made the mine owners?

Say the black bells of Rhondda.

Who killed the miners?

Say the grim bells of Blaina.

They'll plunder willy-nilly,

Say the bells of Caerphilly.

They have fangs, they have teeth,

Shout the loud bells of Neath.

Even God is weary,

Say the moist bells of Swansea.

What will you give me?

Say the sad bells of Rhymney.

Put the vandals in court,

Shout the loud bells of Newport.

All will be well if, if, if,

Say the green bells of Cardiff.

Why so worried, sisters, why?

Say the silver bells of Wye.

What will you give me?

Say the sad bells of Rhymney.

Oh, what will you give me?

Say the sad bells of Rhymney.

Is there hope for the future?

Say the brown bells of Merthyr.

Who made the mine owners?

Say the black bells of Rhondda.

Who killed the miners?

Say the grim bells of Blaina.

Who killed the miners?

song by Pete Seeger, from a 1938 poem by Idris Davies

Comentarios

9 years ago

Derek Saxton

I think maybe those who are so critical of the pronuciation should maybe just take a moment and think about the meaning of the song and reflect on the plight of miners all over the world. Just my humble opinion, that's all :)

9 years ago

ceeandy

This montage and song say it all about the toll coal mining has taken, especially in Wales.

10 years ago

erkan müller

Forgot,Great Video,Great Job!

10 years ago

erkan müller

I was a Miner for over 35 Years.In 2018,the last Coal Mine will be closed in Germany,i`m so sorry! Glück Auf !!!!! for all the Miners all over the World.

10 years ago

Gareth Owen

It's pronounced Rum knee not Romney or Rimni. I am from the town and Idris Davies is an ancestor of mine. Fantastic song though from a great poem. Pete Seeger really put Rhymney on the map. There is a town called Rumney in Cardiff but Rhymney is 25 miles away from Cardiff and the river Rhymney passes through it to Cardiff (coming out in Rumney, Cardiff, hence the sames).

10 years ago

John Sergeant

Great Political Rant

10 years ago

Tony2581

Powerful performance of this classic coal mining song! Oysterband knows that coal miners still have to fight daily for a safe & healthy workplace. To hear how miners who make safety complaints today are treated by outlaw coal operators, check out Raymond Crooke's song "Big Coal Don't Like This Man At All" on YouTube. It tells the true story of Kentucky coal miner Charles Scott Howard, who stood up for safety at an underground mine operated by Arch Coal and was fired as a result. He filed a whistleblower case, won his job back and is working in the mines again!

10 years ago

Shelagh Moore

I used to correpsond with Mr Davies cousin and he never told me he was upset at the pronunciation He was a very proud Welshman,and especially proud that his relative had written it, even though he died before he was born. I think he would háve told me in no uncertain terms if he didnt like the way it was being handled, in pronunciation .He did say it should be Rhumney,but it wasnt written that way,and if the family can live with it,I guess there isnt a problem

11 years ago

Tony2581

Pete Seeger knows that many miners still have to fight daily for a safe & healthy workplace.To hear how miners who make safety complaints today are treated by non-union coal operators, check out Raymond Crooke's song "Big Coal Don't Like This Man At All" on YouTube. It tells the true story of KY miner Charles Scott Howard, who stood up for safety at a mine operated by Arch Coal and was fired as a result. He filed a whistleblower case, won his job back, and is working in the mines again!

11 years ago

Iban Garcia

Who killed the miners?

11 years ago

Mehefinheulog1

I think we can pretty much blame American Pete Seeger who "re-discovered" the poem and made it into a song and (especially) fellow Americans The Byrds who recorded in 1965 with a very strong "Rimmni" pronunciation !!

11 years ago

Mehefinheulog1

Although no known recordings of him reciting his own poem survive, it seems very unlikely that Davies himself, born and bred in Rhymney, and a Welsh speaker, intended this. He uses other, equally weak rhymes in this part of his 1938 "Gwalia Deserta"- e.g. "future" with "Merthyr", "mineowner" with "Rhondda" and "sullen" with "Brecon" - no-one has suggested it's meant to be pronounced "Brucken" etc etc

11 years ago

Richard Scrimshaw

The lyrics are a poem written by a welsh poet (Idris Davies), who chose to make it rhyme with "give me", so it's Rimni in the poem, but Rumni if you want to get there. How you pronounce it if you're reciting the poem while you're there, and don't want to cause offence/sound ignorant, is anybody's guess.

11 years ago

grrrdog

it's 20 miles from Cardiff at the top of the Rhumni valley. Near Merthyr

11 years ago

michael screen

Hello Melodoubt Its pronounced Rhumney...a place just outside Cardiff

11 years ago

melodoubt

So what is the correct pronuciation of Rhymney please Micheal? Is it 'Romney' Rhumney' or is it simply Rimney? : )

11 years ago

stephen graham

it's not rimney it's rhymney pronounced rumniy get it right

11 years ago

michael screen

I grew up here, my town, my people, my history, my ancestors

11 years ago

latitudeCheck

Welsh miner turned poet Idris Davies native son of Rhymney, Wales, left school at 14 & later self educated, earned his teaching credentials & wrote poetry after the mine closed. Idris Davis' haunting Gwalia Deserta XV published in 1938 memorializes Welsh churches' tradition of tolling the bells in tribute to lives lost in Welsh mining disasters in Welsh cities named throughout the poem. Seeger added the melody to Idris Davies' poem.

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