A significant part of Tolkien's genius was his preternatural sensitivity to the music of language. One of his favourite languages was Welsh. Music is in the soul of Wales, to the enrichment of all the world.

@terrybenkins4380

Жыл бұрын

JRR Tolkien (1892 - 1973) loved the Welsh language, describing Welsh as '…the senior language of the men of Britain. ' He gave Welsh-inspired names to many characters and places in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. To relive the magic of his books, visit these places with a connection to Tolkien's work

@boojay111

Жыл бұрын

I am not Welsh but love the songs of Wales and the joy and passion it engenders in all of us who are not tribal.

@jimmymorrison8314

Ай бұрын

Diolch yn fawr.

@jimmymorrison8314

Ай бұрын

He based the language of the elves, in the lord of the rings, on the Welsh language. .

@jimmymorrison8314

Ай бұрын

​@@boojay111that's a lovely thing to say. Ddiolch yn frawd.

There is just something magical when you hear Welsh male voices coming together it’s a unique and distinctive sound

I’m not welsh, but I love and respect the country and the people and it always brings chills to my bones when I hear the welsh sing

@spark_6710

4 жыл бұрын

Yes ! And I am Japanese ! Lol. 👍💜💜💜🐉🐲🎵🎶🎤🥁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇯🇵

@jessenglenda

2 жыл бұрын

Agree 1000's 💫🙏goosebumps deluxe xxx

@zonabrown9241

2 жыл бұрын

Im not either but this stirs me so i could cry with the sound

@lorrainecorbett6756

9 ай бұрын

I am from the Welsh valleys and was pleased to see such lovely comments thank you all for your lovely response 😊

It's 57 years since I walked up that street to an international match at the old Arms Park, something I can never do again. But that brought it all back!

@erichutchings1932

4 жыл бұрын

Good for you hope you were happy. Listen to this often to be honest love this song (I'm English same as Scotland anthem) I'm 67shortly .HEAVEN

My whole family on my father's side is Welsh! My Grandfather told about memories of men working in the fields in Malad, Idaho U.S. singing in Welsh.

Welsh voices are from heaven

I was invited to the RWC England v Wales at Twickenham by a good friend. There were many around us and after the anthems were sung at the start, an Englishman shook my hand and said ‘you Welsh can sing.’ When at the end Wales had won 25-28, he again shook my hand and said ‘you Welsh can sing and by god you can play rugby too’...

Welsh--the best singers ever!! Bread of Heaven!

Wales is the best place I could ever have been born. I could hear the voices of the generations of mining communities shining through these men's voices. Cymru Am Byth.

@mikeboobyer6213

7 жыл бұрын

urgulp p

@TimJonesUK

7 жыл бұрын

Almost the same. It's the voices of slate-quarrying communities in my case.

@leogriffz5906

5 жыл бұрын

diolch

@markspry3119

4 жыл бұрын

I was born in wales but live in Devon now but still class myself as Welsh

@ITzBsukiii

4 жыл бұрын

IWAN! CYMRU AM BYTH ❤❤❤❤

I dated a girl from Cardiff and we went to her local pub and chaps there started singing it gave me goosebumps their singing was so amazing!

Marvelous! I've loved Welsh singing ever since I saw the film "How Green Was My Valley" many years ago. I loved watching the crowd and seeing happy faces. Covid is robbing us of happy events like these. Thanks for posting.

@bobswan6196

9 ай бұрын

@erzbet07 That's part of the point of "la maladie"

As a proud Scot I find this almost as emotional as Flower of Scotland, Cymru rydd

@mooseylad

3 жыл бұрын

I'd rather us scots had flowers of the forest as our national anthem

@jfelton4153

3 жыл бұрын

@@mooseylad - no. No dirges. Strong and rousing like Scotland the Brave or the Black Bear (Tunes of Glory). They set the blood coursing through the veins.

@DEOO100

3 жыл бұрын

Most of us Welshmen know all the words to that Fabulous Anthem Flower of Scotland lol

Love Wales and the Welsh people.

God, I find these flash mob choirs so moving, so uplifting.

Im english ,have been coming to the valleys with my work over 30 years the people have never been anything other than kind and polite to me

@welshnproud59

5 жыл бұрын

Diolch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@neilwilliams8741

4 жыл бұрын

not in my birthplace north wales we dispise you..

@theonlyGH

3 жыл бұрын

Who ever visits our Valleys with a friendly face you'll be accepted and respected my friend. We do have some English families that's moved into our community in the Rhondda and they love it here, and they have adopted our ways of where strangers always say hello to one another. Its our normal thing here :)

Such nice comments by English people about the Welsh. Total respect to you guys and gals. I was born in Cardiff and this is why I love the respect we show the opposition, when we attend rugby matches...win, lose or draw. Why can’t we start an epidemic and get the rest of the world infected with respect for other people and nations, regardless?

@davidmeek8035

3 жыл бұрын

athena123, I’m sorry that you’ve read such things from the news. I personally think it’s totally different when you’re pre and post match day. I’ve never seen any violence or vile comments at a rugby game between Wales & England, or another rugby game and I think sometimes, the news fabricate the truth, just to sell newspapers, as let’s face it, most of the things on the news are literally ‘Bad press’. I love the camaraderie at a rugby match. Please give it one more chance and go to a game, rather than read about it, it’s totally awesome?

My Nan (from Ebbw Vale) had this played at her funeral. Always makes me cry.

@blackmonarch1

4 жыл бұрын

Up the hammers....👌😉

This isn’t uncommon for the Welsh - the last time I was in Scotland for an away game, a male voice choir broke out in a Scottish pub! They were appreciated by all!!

@spark_6710

4 жыл бұрын

What a lovely story to hear ! Truly beautiful trait that they have !!! I'd love to experience it 1st hand someday soon in my life !

@cerealkiller4248

2 жыл бұрын

I was in a pub in Bridgend on international day many years ago, when, in came a big Scottish group with a guy playing our national anthem on the bagpipes. The place erupted, it was amazing 😎

@JustSad66

2 жыл бұрын

Wish they had left it in Welsh! Sounds a whole lot better to a gaelic speaker…who doesn’t speak Welsh!

@jacquelinefox2632

Жыл бұрын

Sweetheart. You know you got Drumpfed.. Mmm. The twat wants a piece of my Mam. We'll see how it works

@magswilson2039

11 ай бұрын

To me there is nothing more beautiful than a male voiced choir.

Beautiful Christian hymn! So well sung by those good men! God bless them!!

@ErictheGOATCantona

4 ай бұрын

Christian hymn😂😂

@ingela_injeela

Ай бұрын

​@@ErictheGOATCantonaThe words - the heritage.

i am Irish and love the Welsh, their choirs and even their Rugby! Máith Libh~

@eddyflanagan8867

11 ай бұрын

Yes I agree

i am a Brit but i love to hear the Welsh sing, they put their heart and soul into every note. Fantastic.

@jackfarmer2004

Жыл бұрын

The Welsh are brits too you mean your English

@MrPeteday1

11 ай бұрын

Us Welsh are also Brits

@eddyflanagan8867

11 ай бұрын

No Welsh 😊😊😊😊😊😊

@mikeedmonds7772

8 ай бұрын

​@@jackfarmer2004he missed the geography lesson that day🤣. Best wishes from Kildare 🇮🇪

@kev63inuk

2 ай бұрын

@@MrPeteday1 you are Pete . But us English get so used to the celts denying that they are . 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

I have friends all over the world, but I never forget I'm welsh. Be proud of who you are. Your heritage is what definds you as well as your surroundings. Maslows hierarchy of needs, dolls and Teddy bears. Id, ego and superego.. Hold on to your head.. And heart. X

I have Scottish and Welsh ancestors, this is the first time I've heard something like this. Loved it!!

A drink in our hands and a song in our lungs. We Are Welsh.

@Spacecookie-

5 жыл бұрын

Of course we used to have coal running through our veins too.

@benjamin-Oreo2023

5 жыл бұрын

Cymru Am Byth

@stephenlisson1994

5 жыл бұрын

I'm Irish and we're known for our voices, but the Welsh.....they're the best. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!!!! I'm in tears right now.

@bgg4865

4 жыл бұрын

Better a drink in the belly and a song in the throat..... I may be English, but I know my priorities.

@rampartrod

4 жыл бұрын

so true

This made my cry. I posted elsewhere a comment that one of my favourite goosebumps memories is whilst out shopping in Cardiff on a Saturday afternoon whilst a student there. From the shopping centre my Mum and I could hear the Welsh voices singing at Cardiff Arms Park before the Rugby International. Would've been 86 or 87 I think. We stopped in our tracks to listen.

I’ve got to say some lovely comments from other nations on here it’s very heart warming. Even the old enemy! 😂 only joking I can honestly say when ever I’ve ended up in the company of English rugby fans I’ve always had a bloody great time and been shown wonderful hospitality. 😊

Can hardly wait till we can do things like this again!

Nothing on this planet can come close to the Welsh male choirs. I'm extremely proud of my coal mining and choral heritage.

I'm English but seeing/hearing this made me wish I was Welsh! I love a male voice choir and there are none better than the Welsh - made my eyes leak!

@spuds4t

7 жыл бұрын

i just love the expression " Made my eyes leak" Oh! How delightfully appropriate!

@peadarocolmain4850

5 жыл бұрын

ha! good pun!

@spark_6710

4 жыл бұрын

LEAK !!! LOL.👍👍👍💜💜💜🎤🎶🎵🥁🐲🐉🐾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇯🇵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎶🎶💕

I had the pleasure many years ago to meet lovely Welsh fans in Glasgow and as a singer myself I has them singing for me with myself joining in great night great memories

@carolyn292

11 ай бұрын

That was my experience too in a Glasgow pub best night night ever

Now that is what you call singing from the heart, it was beautiful

I'm the daughter of a Welshman and the widow of a Welshman, (both from the same village amazingly enough as I met my husband in Yorkshire) and hearing wonderful Welsh singing always delights me, no matter when or where I hear it .

@leevymessiah6848

4 жыл бұрын

Hi phylis5

One of the finest and most moving hymns ever written, with that wonderful, memorable phrase, Bread of Heaven.

I'm an Englishman, but can't help acknowledge that the Welsh have that unbeatable male voice chor

@horatio59

5 жыл бұрын

agreed....that was awesome

@williambunter3311

4 жыл бұрын

BGG; you must be joking! I've heard better singing coming from a pub!

@bgg4865

4 жыл бұрын

@@williambunter3311 Yep, but not from an Englishman........ Give credit where it's due, and learn. We need our own English anthem, one we can all get behind and sing with the same passion as the Welsh and the Scots do. Billy Bunter was spherically challenged but definitely English; I wonder why you chose that handle, and can't appreciate passion for your own nation.

@williambunter3311

4 жыл бұрын

@@bgg4865 Oh c'mon Taffy, I love my nation, and I don't begrudge other people doing the same. I was referring to the football-style unmusicality of songs like Men of Harlech, together with the manufactured emotion that unaccountably goes along with its performance. Why do you feel you need a national anthem and the need to express your 'passion'? Emotion for its own sake is so ridiculous and immature. You wallow in it if you like, but me, I have a life to lead.

@bgg4865

4 жыл бұрын

@@williambunter3311 I said I am an Englishman, and you call me Taffy? Emotion and passion are important to me; I am a proud Englishman. You go and earn your holiday in Spain or Trinidad, middle class Billy, while Taffy, Jock, Paddy and I compete on the sports field and combine against the world. And just for the record, Billy Bunter was hated by his school mates too.

What a fantastic place I live in. 🦊

I had the pleasure of meeting some Welsh folks in Glasgow after a game the singing was fantastic I even joined in and it was fantastic

I'm Irish American and I visited Wales a long time ago - thank you for bringing this magic to me here in the States!

As being American with a mother born and raised in Welshpool this makes me proud! Crymu Am Bryth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@rattywilliams1297

4 жыл бұрын

Hey im from welshpool

@rattywilliams1297

4 жыл бұрын

Who was your family in welshpool

@MrAmericaninUK

4 жыл бұрын

Near welshpool in Pontrobert

@rattywilliams1297

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah i know pontrobert very well not far from llanymynech

@MrAmericaninUK

4 жыл бұрын

But iam in New York right now

My favorite hymn. How great to hear it sung by a choir of Welshmen.

I am English but I love you guys and your beautiful country.

Well done. Lovely to see audience members joining in too. Some of my best memories have been singing with all my children and wider family. People should sing more (in Wales and England)

Beautiful,inspiring and so emotional.. god there's nothing quite like Wales winning with 2 mins of game to go and bread of heaven reverberates around the stadium

@llwyde1104

3 жыл бұрын

Er there is...y dorf yn canu yn Gymraeg

Group of Englishmen start singing. Welshman- "hold my beer"

@charlieoscar9180

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao 🤣🤣🤣

@paulagnew8449

4 жыл бұрын

didn't notice that ....lol , hold my beer , then than happened , love it .

@iancollins7074

4 жыл бұрын

Never heard that one before. On wait, yes I have.

@Landybandy1

4 жыл бұрын

TheSmithersy ewe leave my mrs out of it BOYO!!!

@partybiscuit

4 жыл бұрын

It was a little 'convenient' . Good video tho

This was my mother's favorite hymn. We sang it at her funeral, at her request. A keg of brains and these guys would have made it incredible.

Ik kom uit nederland maar mijn hart ligt in wales wat een prachtig land en volk ❤

Goosebumps--the words are written on my heart- blessings to all from Tasmania

Gives me the goosebumps. This reminds me of my childhood in Ystalyfera where the Welsh language is spoken and also sang frequently and heartedly. When we unfortunately moved to Newport, there was hostility to us as a family from the Swansea Valley. One of my favourite hymns from my childhood in the Swansea valley is Calon lan. Well done for singing so well. Arbennig o dad.

@adoptedscot

11 ай бұрын

Calon lan is my favourite hymn and had at our wedding almost 40 years ago.

@bepolite6961

11 ай бұрын

When I was a kid in Ammanford in the early sixties, our mam would take me and my brothers to the Sally Army every Friday night to sing hymns, we use to love it. Happy memories, seems so strange now, but we use to look forward to it, it was fun, it really was.

Wonderful voices! Was nice to hear the Welsh. My great grandparents were from Wales.

Only the best rugby ever.. Love ya loads guys J Xxxxxxxx

nothing in the universe better than Welshmen singing.....born in USA but grandparents from Maesteg and Ebbw Vale...lovely memories hearing them in my long ago childhood

@CymruEmergencyResponder

6 жыл бұрын

semprelegato10 or in the words of Rhod Gilbert Ebbw BLOODY Vale!

@mariafelices8000

4 жыл бұрын

semprelegato10 diolch come visit cousin🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸💖😀 Ms Cardiff s wales

@williambunter3311

4 жыл бұрын

You should get out more!

@Landybandy1

4 жыл бұрын

Hello Maesteg boy here. Greetings to you across the pond.

@spark_6710

4 жыл бұрын

Must be very lovely memories !!! I'd love to go visit Wales very soon ! Looong overdue my bucketlist wish !💜💜💜💜👍🐲🐉🎶🎤🎵🥁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇯🇵

Many moons since I had the honour to attend the game at arms park, the days of Welsh dominance. 60,000 breaking into song, in tune and all together is an out of this world experience, could almost make me believe in religion.

@spark_6710

4 жыл бұрын

What do you mean by that !? You meant you felt god's presence in or with them !?

Makes me proud to be welsh ❤

Love the welsh hymns. Not to many youngsters singing along in the vid tho, really hope these welsh hymns dont die off

@spark_6710

4 жыл бұрын

I agree w/ you ! 💜💜💜🐉🐲🎤🎶🎶🎵🎶🥁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇯🇵

@CherryLipgloss1000

4 жыл бұрын

Don’t you worry. We’ve got this. Our traditions won’t die.

BEAUTIFUL....! May we have more such MALE choirs in Europe - reviving our old christian hymns.

Enjoyed this very much, being Welsh but live abroad, gave me a lot of hiraeth

Why I am I watching this, someone is always peeling onions, It must be that my Grand Father Windsor Morgan was born in Murtha Tydfil

@StewartEvans52

5 жыл бұрын

spelt mytha wrong but EDIT: edited cuz like a cocky twat i spelt spelt wrong HA! fml

@benjw84

4 жыл бұрын

It's Merthyr Tydfil

A proud Englishman here who hates the Welsh rugby team with a passion (grew up in the 60s and 70s when we ALWAYS lost to Wales) but have also always had the utmost love and respect of Welsh all male voice choirs (and Max Boyce). Magical and utterly captivating. Should be considered by the UN for being classed as a World Heritage item.

Cymru am byth, us Welsh sing with pure feeling and passion

No matter who wins the match, the Welsh will always win the singing!

Just seeing this and crying my heart out!!! Da Iawn bois xxxxx

I am a 80 years old ex military I respect the Welsh Guards I am Australia respect to you all 🌟

This bought a tear to my eye , as this was played at my mother's funeral , and she was english

@spark_6710

4 жыл бұрын

Oh...wow ! I'm sorry for your loss ! 💜💜💜💜🎵🎶🎤🎵🥁🎶🐲🐉🎵🎶💜🎶🎵🎶🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇯🇵💕🐾

This one will sound the day of my funeral. Sure.

@williambunter3311

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you're almost lookin' forward to it!

3 жыл бұрын

@@williambunter3311 I am not strictly looking forward to it. But if I was told "you're dying in 3 months" I would say "OK, no problem". I am ready to die, if you understand what I mean. Not because I consider myself very brave, but because I believe in Eternal Life thorough Christ Our Lord

@williambunter3311

3 жыл бұрын

@ That's very good, Raul. Jesus Christ is indeed Lord, and I'm glad you belong to Him. We are brothers in Christ (even if our taste in music differs!). God bless you.

3 жыл бұрын

@@williambunter3311 God bless you too indeed, my friend and brother in Christ. Nevertheless I don't only listen to sacred music and classical music. I love heavy metal, techno (Jean Michel Jarre and so on) and also gospel and folk music

❤️🎶❤️🎶❤️🎶❤️ beautiful, my Welsh brethren!❤️🎶🎶🎶

I'm Australian and I was very moved by this. Great job, fellas!

@meirionowen5979

4 жыл бұрын

Diolch (thanks) Sean, see you in Japan mate.

@spark_6710

4 жыл бұрын

@@meirionowen5979 I am Japanese , what's going on in Japan !??Olympics !??

What more can I say, just beautiful and brought a lump to my throat.

Beautifully done, very inspiring and comforting. Fantastic part singing too.

The best place I ever heard this sung was a the old Cardiff Arms Park, in 1978, During the Cardiff v Barbarians Match. the atmospherics were superb. made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, and I'm English.

@spark_6710

4 жыл бұрын

That's very nice & special for Welsh people to hear from an English person , I'm sure ! 👍💜💜💜💜🎵🎶🎤🎵🥁🐲🐉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇯🇵🐾💕

I expect the little singers of "Swing Low"(nice as it was,)sloped off when the bass harmony kicked in from Cor Meibion . .Lovely harmony..Effortless singing.......Well lubricated .

Nice and indeed great, to hear guys who sing so much in tune and who can intuit harmony

Thank you 😁👍🎶❤I'm tearful listening, and half Welsh half Canadian 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇨🇦Cymru Am Byth ✊🙏

Bloody Brilliant

I am from Cornwall, my Dad was born in Porthcawl South Wales. My Mum was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. My Brother lives in the Republic. I guess our blood is Celtic through and through My Grandfather has Italian blood so the six nations is always a challenge ! Personally, I always sing for the Welsh no matter what Kernow Bys Vycken

this needs to happen every game, with various choirs accross the city centre.

Grabbed my heart from the start and ended up with tears. Love this hymn. Moreso, Cwm Rwnd.

@spark_6710

4 жыл бұрын

I get it ! Even though I am Japanese !!! You guys are so passionate !!! Love Welsh ! 👍💜💜💜💜🎵🎶🎤🎵🥁🐉🐲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇯🇵

Absolutely grand! Love it!

Never gets old ... world class , #onlyincardiff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Greetings from New South Wales!

wish I lived in a community like that.

@spark_6710

4 жыл бұрын

Oh ! ME, TOO !!! 💜💜💜👍🎵🎶🎤🥁🐲🐉🐾💕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇯🇵

Makes me so proud to be Welsh :)

Go Cymru. Native Texan of Welsh heritage and descent

Must have watched this a hundred times. Absolutely love Cwm Rhondda/Bread of Heaven , probably my favourite Hymn after Abide With Me , and I’m having both at my funeral. Just a shame I won’t be able to join in! ;) Nothing better than a Welsh Male Voice Choir , I could listen to them sing all day.

As someone who is: Irish/Welsh on Mam's side and Scottish/Cornish on Dad's side - This makes my heart so happy The only thing that's "English" about me is my accent

Wonderfully stirring!!

Fabulous! Just what I needed. Bless you all!

Last thing every night, before sleep. GREAT. Sheila Bridges

I truly think the best way to appreciate any person singing is without music and the BEST in the world without doubt are the welsh, especially these male voice choirs and this is a great example, no planning no conductor just an informal get together, now that is what I call entertainment, I live in Australia and I can feel passion from here, they certainly know how to inspire.

Lovely! Cwm Rhodda is surprisingly appropriate for a sporting anthem, too.

Welsh is fucking beautiful. I'm over here with the goidelic but the britonic is very beautiful. I truly love my Celtic brothers and sisters. Two LLs in Welsh is a "C"... I cove the Welsh. 💚 from Ireland.

Welcome back. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Welcome back. Missed you.... Not. Lol.🥰 Xxxxxxxx

Wow, that's so good. I miss Wales and return as often as possible. I'll be back amongst the land of my fathers in September 2016. This is a favourite song. My Dad's favourite was Myfanwy. Thank you for this.

@Tokyomasterlordken

7 жыл бұрын

David Hughes myfanwy,❤ most beautiful song

@junefi

7 жыл бұрын

I still miss the singing, we sang everywhere as children, just walking to school, everywhere. I've been in Australia for over 50 years, still get homesick, when I do I drag out my CDs and play Myfanwy for hours.

@spark_6710

4 жыл бұрын

@@Tokyomasterlordken I have a haunting memorirs of my childhood friend /soulmate w/ this song .This was his father's favourite .I am originally from Tokyo ! Your name is interesting ! What does that mean !?

@spark_6710

4 жыл бұрын

@@junefi How come you never visit there !? I've got a haunting memories w/ this song. Yes , it is a very pretty song !

@junefi

4 жыл бұрын

@@spark_6710 When I was younger I didn't have the means to go, now I'm, older if I went home I know I could never come back to Australia, all my family is here, so I choose my family.

Normally I hate, detest and loathe flashmobs. This was great. From NYC.

I love this still after listening to it lots

Brilliant. Love flash stuff it's such fun.

Beautiful! And I'm English!

just seen this and singing along with them .

@SueLipson

5 жыл бұрын

Me too, Sheila! 😊

Nicely done gentlemen

All the best and no ear biting.... I'll be there. Or it will be handbags..... Keep safe and watch yourselves. Loadsa bara menyn. 🦊💖🐟

Spine tingling just welsh magic awesome.