Llanelli Male Voice Choir - Land of my Fathers
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Llanelli Male Voice Choir singing "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau".
The words were written by Evan James and the tune composed by his son, James James, both residents of Pontypridd, Glamorgan, in January 1856.
(Pennill Cyntaf - First stanza)
Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi,
Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri;
Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mad,
Dros ryddid collasant eu gwaed.
(Cytgan - Chorus)
Gwlad, gwlad, pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad.
Tra môr yn fur i'r bur hoff bau,
O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau.
(Ail Bennill - Second stanza)
Hen Gymru fynyddig, paradwys y bardd,
Pob dyffryn, pob clogwyn, i'm golwg sydd hardd;
Trwy deimlad gwladgarol, mor swynol yw si
Ei nentydd, afonydd, i mi.
(Cytgan - Chorus)
(Trydydd Pennill - Third stanza)
Os treisiodd y gelyn fy ngwlad tan ei droed,
Mae hen iaith y Cymry mor fyw ag erioed,
Ni luddiwyd yr awen gan erchyll law brad,
Na thelyn berseiniol fy ngwlad.
(Cytgan - Chorus)
And in English:
The old land of my fathers is dear to me,
Land of bards and singers, famous men of renown;
Her brave warriors, very splendid patriots,
For freedom shed their blood.
Nation [or country], Nation, I am faithful to my Nation.
While the sea [is] a wall to the pure, most loved land,
O may the old language [sc. Cymraeg] endure.
Old mountainous Wales, paradise of the bard,
Every valley, every cliff, to my look is beautiful.
Through patriotic feeling, so charming is the murmur
Of her brooks, rivers, to me.
If the enemy oppresses my land under his foot,
The old language of the Welsh is as alive as ever.
The muse is not hindered by the hideous hand of treason,
Nor [is] the melodious harp of my country.
Learn how to sing it here: • Six Nations 2016 - QUI...
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Oh my goodness. Tears are streaming. My mother was born in Llanelli. The Working Mans Club attendees all stood and sang to my partner and I when my mum’s cousins took us there. I can’t believe the depth of emotion this brings out in me.
@edwardianspice1
Күн бұрын
I love this track!❤
My great grandfather was from Llanelli. His name was Morgan David and I am so damn proud to be a Welsh American.
My Grandmother was Welsh, I was born and bred in the Black Country so I consider myself English, but; without any shadow of doubt, this is the most passionate, wonderful anthem on planet Earth. Grandma died at the ripe old age of 92, she was incredibly proud of being a taff, and I am incredibly privileged to have loved her.
@mariahoulihan9483
2 жыл бұрын
My Mother was from Merthyr Tydfil. I am in constant touch with my welsh family and holidayed there as a child all the time. Our culture in our home was half Welsh and half irish, but I was born and bred in England. Such a good version - sung with passion as it should be. Wonderfully stiring to me.
Just listen to the power, emotion and music in those woices! Truly breathed on by God,
My grandfather was from Llanelli. Moved to the coalfields of Pennsylvania 3 generations ago. He sang with his eyes closed.
I’m English but have Welsh roots. This is the most goosebump making anthem ever. Always well up and think of my immensely proud Welsh grandfather who I love very much. ❤️
@teddy1066
8 ай бұрын
I’m English, but my grandfather was a Welsh coal miner. He loved his anthem, his language, his people, and his country. Always gives me chills hearing this.
I am English with a Welsh mother everytime i hear this i well up
@chrislee1155
10 күн бұрын
Nothing quite as emotional as a Welsh male voice choir, where ever you are from😢
I'm an English man with Welsh in my blood I love this national anthem it reduces me to tears
@trevorpettingill4871
4 жыл бұрын
you and me both
I'm half Welsh but anyone who isn't moved by this anthem is already dead inside.
One of the most beautiful national anthems I've heard.
Best anthem ever!!! North Welsh.. and so proud.. Thank u xxx
My grandmother came over from Wales when she was about 15 yrs old.. One day I started to sing the Welsh anthem and she joined right in. She was in her 80s then, she has passed but I will never forget her voice and love for Wales!
My great grandad George Johnson Pryce was Welsh,served in the Royal Navy in WW1,Artificer 4th class,looking through the archives to read about him,even before I knew this for some reason something always pulled me toward Cymru even when I was quite young, remember watching Zulu when the Welsh boys started singing "Men of Harlech" & didn't know why I was crying 😥 "Cadw'r Fffydd" (hope I got that right)
Perhaps the greatest national anthem ever.
It puts a lump In your throat and brings a tear to your eye I am so proud to be from this nation
No other anthem has the has the power to affect other nations in the way that this does. I'm a Man of Kent, now living on the Welsh border and it gets me every time. If you need proof, just watch the anthems at Wales v England from 2013. The English team tried their best with God Save the Queen, but what followed was incredible.
Hiraeth....Born in Wrexham, Made in Wales, Cymru am Byth Mae hen wlad fy Nhadau, the best anthem......... The best rendition was at the rugby stadium in Cardiff on Saturday 16 March 2013 at the Wales V England game of the 6N . What an anthem and what a game, I was a happy man that day
Born in England to a Welsh Valleys father, this musical means so much to me. As a child, I spent all my school holidays in Gower.
I know where my home is even though I live half a world away God Bless Wales
I am only 1/4 Welsh and never met my Welsh grandfather. But the first rime I heard this it brought tear to my eyes and ever time I hear it tears flow. I have been to Wales 2X and loved it.
Wonderful
This sent shivers down to my ancestors
I don't have a Welsh cell in my body but love this above almost every anthem and choral celebration known to humanity!
@mmmohhh8567
6 жыл бұрын
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@thecelt4807
Жыл бұрын
with a comment like that your officially given and welcomed as an honorary Celt ..regards The cent
This is absolutely glorious, but why is the last note cut off? It completely deprives the listener of emotional resolution!!!
For my dad who passed away last Saturday, a fantastic tenor. goodbye dad
@idky2685
4 жыл бұрын
May he rest in the land of our fathers bydded iddo orffwys yng ngwlad ein tadau
@Jonesyb90
9 ай бұрын
Hope you feel slightly more at peace. I lost my dad in March 2017, a Llanelli boy, miss him everyday but in a good way if that makes sense. Still find it difficult when the rugby’s on though as I’m surrounded by the English, he would have loved last Sunday!
Gloriously wonderful. ❤xx
Now that's how to sing a National Anthem !! absolutely magical.. love it
@marchantnick
5 жыл бұрын
Agreed. National anthems are often sung by sopranos these days, but in the case of the welsh anthem I think it should be an unaccompanied male voice choir, or just left to the crowd
Saying goodbye to my beloved husband on Wednesday ,this will be played.
@leslielenahan2619
3 жыл бұрын
God bless you Joyce
@mac1975
3 жыл бұрын
Bless you and him. Same here cariad
@helenrogers1400
3 жыл бұрын
May he Rest In Peace. 🙏☘️🙏
There is something about a male or female Welsh choir that touches your heart. Sung loud a and proud. Absolutely beautiful.
Bloody hell I love this anthem. When a full millennium stadium sing this it brings a lump to my throat and a tear to my eye. It's stunning. There isn't a better anthem. Cymru am byth.
As an Englishman I have to say this is the worlds greatest national anthem, superb!
@llwyde1104
3 жыл бұрын
Llwydie bach ti'n Cymro
@robertlonergan49
3 жыл бұрын
I would say, tied first with La Marseillaise. La Marseillaise has more of a battle anthem feel to it, but this one is just as magnificent for different reasons
@iwancymrobulgarin
3 жыл бұрын
@@robertlonergan49 as a Welshman, if say Kazakhstan and Bulgaria are also tied with the french and welsh
@robertlonergan49
2 жыл бұрын
To be fair, Marseillaise first, this a close second
@divinaluz7
9 ай бұрын
@@robertlonergan49Same.
My old mum was nearly Welsh, born and raised in Oswestry. I always remember that there was, just over the border a "keep Wales tidy" sign, to which some wag had added "throw your rubbish in England" 🤣 I love Wales, and even though I'm not Welsh, this is the video I watch when I'm feeling homesick.
Not a Welshman; I'm in Johannesburg; it's 35 degrees (C) outside and I got shivers listening to that....
@stugill4513
4 жыл бұрын
with a name like morris theres some welsh in you somewhere be proud m8
I clicked on this video because I saw Llangollen and was also feeling patriotic 🏴🏴🏴Cymru
@DavidJones-by8zp
4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful place
Wales without doubt is a beautiful country I've visited it many times the people are just amazing
Best anthem, best flag... Dare I say best country? Yes sir I do! There's no place I'd rather be...
Might be the most beautiful of all the national anthems.
@100cucimata
5 жыл бұрын
it is !
@garyhough3911
5 жыл бұрын
Definitely 👍
@marcbuffery3278
4 жыл бұрын
No might about it it is THE most beautiful of all anthems and I sing it at Cardiff every Six Nations if we are at home
@eugenedanker2377
3 жыл бұрын
Definitely in the top ten
@annkynaston3605
6 күн бұрын
Top 3.
As a devout and patriotic Scotsman, I think this is the best national anthem in the world. Brings a lump to my throat every time I hear it. Makes you wish you were Welsh.
CYMRU AM BYTH!!!
6 years ago we lost you dad, love you always, until we meet again
@petrasant5495
Жыл бұрын
GOD Bless him, may. He rest in peace .
When sung with the two part harmony at Gwald Gwald this is the most beautiful rendition of any anthem ever.
The glorious sound of a Welsh male Voice choir. There's is nothing else can match it. Much as I love the Queen, I wish we we had a more rousing national anthem than that dirge we have.
I am mostly English, but my great great great great grandmother was Welsh. I have a tiny bit of Welsh in me, so that gives me another reason to love this anthem.
I am half Welsh and half English! I so would love to visit them but I doubt I will ever be able to. I absolutely love the Welsh anthem!
Beautiful, no better male choirs than the Welsh. Very emotional to a Welsh feeling Englishman. Nadolig Llawen.
Beautiful song, makes you think about your place in the world.
Spine tingling
I’m English. My great grandad was welsh. This absolutely stirs me. Beautiful
The very best anthem, moved to tears and English as I am, so many happy holidays as a child on Anglesey, 1970 + how the world has changed. but not the memories they can't take them away 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Englishman here with solid Welsh roots through my mother. Awe-inspiring stuff. Leaves me in tears
Delighted to find my bloodline descends from Princess Nest of Deheubarth as it might explain why I, as a hitherto Englishman, struggle to stop tears whenever this song is belted out. It is unquestionably the greatest anthem in the world.
My paternal grandmother was Welsh and whenever i hear this sung it brings tears to my eyes.
I love the sound of the Welsh singing, their beautiful rugged country and most of all their history of proud fighting men & women.
This version of Hen wlad fy nhadau gives me Hiraeth so much.
Beautiful!! 😁🎶❤😪🎶❤...Thank you ❤🏴❤...Thank You Lord ✝️ for the Tingles 🙏❤✝️. ( I am half 🏴 and half 🇨🇦, spent all of my School Holidays in Pembokeshire, and recognised Stack Rocks 👍)
HOW COME THE WELSH HAVE SUCH WONDERFUL CHOIRS
This always gets me in tears....so beautiful xoxo
HAS to be one of the greatest National Anthems ever, if not THE greatest. And I say that as a poud Scot!
@leslielenahan2619
3 жыл бұрын
Love from Wales to Scotland brothers
As a Dutch-born, English-raised Eritrean, this is the most beautiful national anthem I’ve ever heard.
@nogglesmcgroin
10 ай бұрын
I'm an English lad with some Welsh in my blood from my father's side ',this a beautiful national anthem,my favourite in fact very powerful
Played at my dad's funeral .. the power of this song still grabs at my heart ...I miss him so much but feel so near when I hear this song ..I'm proud to have Welsh blood in my veins xx
@glynn36
9 жыл бұрын
My Dad passed away on 8th June 2015 and we also played this at his funeral. I feel exactly the same as you when i play this. God bless Dad xx
@greyhamlogan2255
6 жыл бұрын
I'm a kiwi and i have to say without doubt this is the most beautiful and powerful song (anthem) i have ever heard, i still get the chills its outstanding and only this good when performed by the Welsh.
@huwking-jones4957
5 жыл бұрын
We played Men of Harlech at my dads funeral
@trevorpettingill4871
4 жыл бұрын
words fail me
Had to listen again it’s soooo beautiful this version. ❤️❤️❤️
I love this the welsh national anthem I think its awesome
forever a tear in my eye and a lump in my throat..... beautiful!!!!
@trevorpettingill4871
4 жыл бұрын
AGREE SO BEAUTIFUL TEARS IN MY EYES ALSO.
Was played at my fathers funeral 20 years ago still makes me weep
I am playing this at my Welsh mother's funeral next week. My heart is broken.
Every timeI hear this it reminds me of a lovely lady who was called before her time andI never once shed tears for her until I hear the Welsh Anthem like all Welsh she loved her Rugby in Llanelli and Wales RIP
Pure Passion. LOVE IT.
I want to move to Wales.
Beautiful Cymru am byth xx
My heart is full. This is beautiful.
My Dad was Welsh and a speaker not sure if I qualify beyond a plastic Daffodil, but I get the chill. Come on the boys.
Beautiful.
What can you say. Tears to my eyes!! And Im English. The best!!
The world's 2 greatest national anthems - Wales and South Africa !!
As I imagine music in heaven will be. Men singing their love for God in this way, instead of hating and fighting and blaming one another. We must all listen to heaven's choirs in this awful and torn up world.
@leslielenahan2619
3 жыл бұрын
Well said mate
Wonderful music.
Never been prouder, especially with a choir from my home town.
Respect from a celtic brother in Scotland. Love visiting Wales and it's superb people!
@leslielenahan2619
3 жыл бұрын
Well said brother from a Welsh man love Scotlands anthem to
Father born in Cardiff, so have some Welsh in me.
You can t beat a Welsh choir. Xx
How beautiful this is to listen too. Leave the nasty comments elsewhere, I'm Scottish now living in the US but I have a healthy respect for the Mother Country. Welsh people are terrific, I've only met a few but they were all great people. Irish as well, perhaps it's the Celt in me that that is drawn to them. Just enjoy the music people, I could listen to Welsh singers all day long.
@leslielenahan2619
3 жыл бұрын
Well said mate
I love this welsh choir. x
Fantastic
it´s a wonderful anthem...
I met the Irish, what wonderful people. then i met the Scottish. they touched my heart. then i met the welsh and now i understand why Britain has the word GREAT in front of it. then i met the english and to this very day I`m still wondering where exactly they fit in.
@JacobTrueman
9 жыл бұрын
As an English person... FUUUUUCK YOU. How dare you make such foul assumptions about 50 million people. I don't care if you feel this comment confirms your prejudices. You deserve to be censured.
@nomad90125
9 жыл бұрын
I rest my case.
@nomad90125
9 жыл бұрын
***** thanks for the offer Jazz 6971 next time i visit the UK i will most certainly visit Wales . last time was on a canal barge and the memory lives with me to this day, absolutely stunning. as for Jacob, no hard feelings, when i come across a cobra on my travels i will always poke it with a stick because i just want to see it raise its head, but the truth is if they didn't rise up then i wouldn't bother poking it, lol.
@mikewoodward9777
9 жыл бұрын
nomad90125 we fuckin pay for its upkeep
@Thematt7890
9 жыл бұрын
nomad90125 If you want a worthwhile place to visit in England, look no further than Cornwall (AKA Kernow). Lovely people, lovely culture. They're often the forgotten Celtic nation when compared to Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Me after one week at Cardiff uni
A proud Welshman living in Malta.
My great-grandfather, Davy Lloyd, was born in Llanelli...
I'm English but absolutely love this. Hairs tingle on the back of my neck.
@talboters44
6 жыл бұрын
I thought i was english but with a name lived bevan and married a williams !!!!
One of the best recordings.
Very comforting, love choirs being sung loud and proud, good for the heart, thank you for sharing jason jordan, much love brother
The goat of national anthems
Very good 👏👏
Going through this magnificent country at times I felt as though it were Middle Earth. A magnificent land and I'm glad to say my boys have some Welsh ancestry through their mother. The music matches the soil and the people who live there.
If you love this anthem please listen to the Paul Robeson version, it will stir your soul
That is excellent, but can you re-upload it without cutting the last bit off, please?
Closing my eyes and listening to this, could be in the stands live at Cardiff watching Wales in the rugby world cup final lol
Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi, Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri; Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mad, Dros ryddid collasant eu gwaed. Gwlad!, GWLAD!, pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad. Tra môr yn fur i'r bur hoff bau, O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau. Hen Gymru fynyddig, paradwys y bardd, Pob dyffryn, pob clogwyn, i'm golwg sydd hardd; Trwy deimlad gwladgarol, mor swynol yw si Ei nentydd, afonydd, i fi. Os treisiodd y gelyn fy ngwlad tan ei droed, Mae hen iaith y Cymry mor fyw ag erioed, Ni luddiwyd yr awen gan erchyll law brad, Na thelyn berseiniol fy ngwlad.
I'm Irish, got no Welsh blood in me, but I love this Anthem, it makes me emotional and sends a shiver up and down my spine
Goosebumps everytime... Stunning