My son was one of the youngest members in that choir on that stage. I can’t begin to tell you the confidence and lift in self esteem it gave him. Thanks for your positive review 🥰

@bxkid7

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it so much. Being in a choir when I was young was some of the best and most fun experiences in my life. So i have a soft spot for choir singing and loved this performance was so beautiful!

@femcymoedd535

Ай бұрын

Mine too. Tom went on to do musical theatre at university and then filled in the technical and production gaps at Coleg y Cymoedd. As families, we owe Tim and OBA a great deal.

As a former member of Only Boys Aloud, I can tell you, that feeling of national pride when singing these classic Welsh songs just overpowers everything you do and makes you feel good about yourself. 1:16, That's Ben Bateman, I went to College with him.

@bxkid7

3 жыл бұрын

Very cool that u were apart of the group!

@andrewevans8422

3 жыл бұрын

My son was one of the founding members of OBA lived every minute of it, performed in some amazing places with amazing people

@cpmoseley2105

3 жыл бұрын

I’m welsh too 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 from the south

@nathanjones2473

3 жыл бұрын

@@cpmoseley2105 Same here Brother 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cymru Am Byth

@CymruEmergencyResponder

3 жыл бұрын

Do you still sing? I’m part of Cor Meibion Froncysyllte.

The song is called “Calon Lân” - a Welsh song meaning “Pure of Heart”. The translation is: I don't ask for a luxurious life the world's gold or its fine pearls, I ask for a happy heart, an honest heart, a pure heart. A pure heart full of goodness Is fairer than the pretty lily, None but a pure heart can sing, Sing in the day and sing in the night. If I wished for worldly wealth, It would swiftly go to seed; The riches of a virtuous, pure heart Will bear eternal profit.

As an English woman I've always said you cant knock the Welsh on their ability to sing and this proves that.....well done lads

Calon lan means pure heart ❤️ here’s the lyrics in English: I don’t ask for a luxurious life, the world’s gold or its fine pearls, I ask for a happy heart, an honest heart, a pure heart. A pure heart full of goodness Is fairer than the pretty lily, None but a pure heart can sing, Sing in the day and sing in the night. If I wished for worldly wealth, It would swiftly go to seed; The riches of a virtuous, pure heart Will bear eternal profit. Evening and morning, my wish Rising to heaven on the wing of song For God, for the sake of my Saviour, To give me a pure heart.

Whenever i hear this song it makes me so emotional, so proud to be Welsh. Ardderchog 🙂🥰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@thenerdytiger9306

3 жыл бұрын

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and proud

@rosemariewaring786

3 жыл бұрын

I love it but it gets stuck in my head going to be singing it now for days.

@flynnguest8323

2 жыл бұрын

Cymru am Byth!!!!!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@chasinsunsets917

2 жыл бұрын

@@flynnguest8323 live in Lincolnshire, have done since leaving the forces, but, make welshcakes,, and im back in the brecon beacons..

@timwilliams3297

2 жыл бұрын

Same. Bendigedeg

And this folks, is the whole reason I love being born and bred Welsh! Not just the choirs but also, the heart and soul of our music and joy it brings whenever people hear it! #cymruambyth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

There is nothing on earth to match a Welsh Male Voice Choir. Stunning !!

Tim, the conductor, started with Only Men Aloud then developed Only Boys and then Only Kids Aloud. Many of the folks in the audience were parents and some were their mentors, guys from Only Men, who were now professionals. It was a great effort to help young people in deprived areas of Wales. I believe the choirs are still going. Only Boys didn’t win in 2012, they came in 3rd I think. Calon Lan is a traditional Welsh hymn, sung in churches. Male voice choirs were huge in Wales, but have largely died out in the past 50 years or so, that’s why Tim said he was trying to keep a tradition alive. Thanks for reacting to this, great job!

As a welshy myself this really makes me even more proud to be welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💚❤🤍

Wales, the land of song. Ahhh, I do miss home

@antonycamilleri1197

3 жыл бұрын

Wales Will be waiting for you brother, blessings from Cardiff

I grew up from the valleys, it was a mining town and the male voice choirs are known through the world. Thank you for covering it. I think they came 3rd, I’m from the south and grew up from the Valleys, I’ve moved back home, my accent kinda still got it but I’ve lost the speed the valley people talk, when I moved back to Bridgend, which you can see the valleys where I’m from, they couldn’t understand me, and the valley people consciously got to slow down talking when we/them were talking to outsiders, the slang has allot of welsh integrated even speaking English, it’s the only language that’s coming back, and in Wales if you can speak welsh you’ve got the job, very warm loving down to earth people. Wales is named the land of song. Because we sing when we speak, there’s allot of proud achievements and allot of atrocities from the past committed to them, plus they did DNA testing on welsh men,and the welsh can be traced back to the ice age. Of Britannia

@bxkid7

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks lee for sharing. I enjoyed the performance. Choir performances will always hold dear to me being in a choir when i was younger was a lot of fun. i miss it.

My Welsh great grandmother had Calon Lân in Welsh at her wedding. My mother had it in English at hers. I intend to have it at my funeral.

@iriscollins7583

Жыл бұрын

Ooh heck 🤥

Did you know that many Welsh people from Wales emigrated to the USA in the 1800s? Some went as experienced coal miners to Pennsylvania to mine coal there. Others converted to Mormonism during the Welsh religious revival period and emigrated to Utah and nearby states. The famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir were partly founded on the singing of the Welsh. There is a place named Malad City in Oneida County, Idaho where the people have a very strong Welsh heritage. I have ancestors who emigrated to such places. From an Australian of Welsh parents.

Beautiful Welsh voices ,I love listening to a Welsh person lady or man who can sing they can’t be beaten.I have to confess this old Scots Lady had a wee tear in her eye thank you for this upload

@bxkid7

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure happy you enjoyed :)

They must feed them something different in the Welsh valleys they seem to turn out a lot of exceptional singers...

@dorisjones3431

10 ай бұрын

No it because we are welsh ,we love our country and our traditions xx

Calon Lan is well known song here in Wales, a true old welsh song that a lot of people like world wide, despite not understanding out language. the song was originally written in the 1890's

That still brings tears to my eyes.

They didn't win the contest in the end...but in many ways they did better...they ended up singing by the Queen's invitation at Buckingham Palace...the choirmaster was honoured and I believe the choirs are still ongoing today

I love Welsh male voice choirs. I'm English.

What I take from that song, is that a happy heart, a singing heart, is the best thing.

I remember the first time I saw this I cried then and I cried now all I know is they were singing in Welsh which is dying out now not many speak Welsh now which is a shame but I sure there starting to learn it again in school loved them Love 💕 from Denise in Yorkshire England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️👏👏👏👏 😘XX

@heidihumbug

3 жыл бұрын

Welsh isn’t dying out, in the slightest... in fact the amount of Welsh speakers is growing year on year. There was a problem in the 1800’s to early 1900’s when, due to the actions of the English-biased government, Welsh was literally beaten out of school children (look up the Welsh Not and the Blue Books), which led to a drop in the numbers of Welsh speakers of my parents & grandparents age, but despite Westminster’s best efforts, our language is still here and still being spoken. It’s been compulsory in schools since the 1980’s. Leaving out the quarter of our population that’s made up of people who moved here from over the border, about a third of the population speak Welsh, with the aim of that doubling by the end of this decade. Not bad, considering the efforts made to kill off the language, as they did in Scotland, Ireland, and Cornwall...

@monza1002000

3 жыл бұрын

Welsh is not dying out, hope to have a 1,000,000 Welsh speaks soon enough, in a moment 😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@peterc.1618

2 жыл бұрын

@@monza1002000 Welsh is alive and well and living in Patagonia. Look up Alejandro Jones, Patagonian farmer and singer, who does another version of this song.

@patryan1375

2 жыл бұрын

Three million population. One million fluent Welsh speakers. Welsh now taught in all Welsh schools as a compulsory subject. We call out bingo in Welsh so the English can't win 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@johntoffee2566

2 жыл бұрын

@@monza1002000 Now in a minute.

I don't understand the words but still it's beautiful. I loved it.

My favourite series of BGT, these guys were a big part of that. Outstanding.

Watch Beaufort welsh male choir from heads of valleys South Wales found them by chance loved their music, thanks wales deeply moved

Welsh choirs are unbeatable in my opinion. For the record, I'm Scottish. You should check out the auditions from Cor Glanathway (might not be spelling that right), Truro Cathedral choir & Collabro (not a choir, but still brilliant).

@nicholasjones7312

2 жыл бұрын

Glanaethwy?

@stephaniebattison2334

2 жыл бұрын

@@nicholasjones7312 yeah I think so, can never get welsh spellings.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calon_Lân its a Welsh Folk song meaning Pure Heart. The wiki link explains. Its a beautiful song and I'm so pleased you liked it, being Welsh myself

@bxkid7

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Wayne going to read it now. They have beautiful voices =)

@gaynormainwaring1853

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure I would describe it as a folk song, it’s more often described as a hymn.

these boys have more talent than all the judges put together and yet are judged by them

Calon lan is a Welsh song it's on KZread aswell as a Welsh man it's one of the biggest Welsh songs over here

i was 20 years old watching this live. Now im 32. I love all

Thank you so much for allowing the entire performance before giving your reaction.

Love this audition so glad they did it in welsh x

And did you know that the Welsh are the indigenous Britons and Welsh in the original language of Britain now known as Welsh Welsh/Wales is Old English🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 for foreigner or them, which is a little ironic lol Welsh history lesson over lol 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

You should watch Collabro's first audition when they sung 'Stars'. Simon Cowell's face from when they first came on to when they had sung was a picture.

@janethomas7584

2 жыл бұрын

And?

Makes me proud to be a Welsh woman, well-done guys.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@bxkid7

3 жыл бұрын

They really did an amazing job =)

@emmahowells8334

3 жыл бұрын

@@bxkid7 Absolutely, glad you enjoyed.

@stephenciattei

Жыл бұрын

Are you Related to Ryan Howells - he was the member that passed away in 2015

@emmahowells8334

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenciattei Don't know, haven't heard of that name before.

@stephenciattei

Жыл бұрын

I was just curious

Look up this song with an English translation. So beautiful.

I'm from North Wales they are from South Wales but both sides of Wales are very passionate about our Welsh choirs and our Welsh songs. We all speak Welsh although North and South have slightly different Welsh. The song is called calon lan, its a gorgeous song and a very old song. Alot of Americans are told by Google and other countries too that we all speak English and that the Welsh language is a dying language spoken generations ago but it is very much alive. I love the Welsh language and speak it as much as possible. You should do a video of you learning the name of a village down the road from me. It has the longest name in the world and I can say it but I can't spell it entirely as I always miss a l or a ng somewhere we have our own alphabet too so the words we use are said using parts of your mouth that make you sound like you have a cold but I love it. There are letters in our alphabet like LL, Th, ng, ch, dd. So it goes a b c ch d dd e f ff g etc

@WelshAmethystGirl087

2 жыл бұрын

Ardderchog iawn pawb sydd dal yn siarad cymraeg. Cymru am byth

Always wonderful to see

Daniel James (1848-1920) wrote the lyrics to Calon Lan. It is rumoured Daniel wrote the words on the back of a cigarette packet in Blaengarw. This story may have some truth in it but unfortunately this does not prove or disprove where the poem was composed. The Blaengarw Hotel is rumoured to have been the site of the song’s first public performance and words to Calon Lân have been sung over the years to four different tunes, but the most well known is by the composer, John Hughes (1872 - 1914).

Cymru am byth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿hyfred proud to be welsh

It's the Welsh language from the country of Wales part of the UK,that song basically trasnlate to "I'm not asking for a life of luxury,the world's gold and pearls,I'm asking for a happy heart,an honest heart and a pure heart.......pure heart full of goodness fairer than the prettiest lilly,only a pure heart can sing,through the day and through the night!!👍😃

The most powefull welsh song!

Such an inspiration - thanyou guys !!! XX

hear them pratice every monday night in our ruby club

@johntoffee2566

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know ruby clubs still existed. Great to hear there still a thing. Up the Rubies!

Just come across your audition reaction . Take a look at the BBC's " Songs of Praise 2012 Calon Lan Only Boys Aloud " it gives the Welsh lyrics with the English underneath ( hmm Welsh on top again ! ) Anyway still like the BGT version for goosebumps ! Brilliant !

Try Cor Glanaethwy also on Britain's Got Talent, singing Benedictus, and the Morriston Orpheus Male Voice choir singing Myfanwy. We love to sing in Wales, even my dog Bryn would sing his heart out with me

@iriscollins7583

Жыл бұрын

Is your dog a tenor,baritone, or base.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍

@c0wbag49

Жыл бұрын

@@iriscollins7583 🤣🤣 love that movie

@c0wbag49

Жыл бұрын

I went to school with Tim Evans, and can honestly say, the whole area is full of marvelous singers.... Luke Evans for instance, is from the same school..... and it had nothing to do with the music teacher there 🙈🤣

Welsh for "A strong and faithful heart"

I am shocked when Simon says he never heard this song before. It seems that the American doesn't sing this most wonderful in their church. I am from North-east India and we used to sing Calon Lan in our church from our childhood but in our own mother tongue. We are a small community called Biate that lived in Northeast India and we have Calon Lan translated into our tribal dialects and we are taught this song in the sunday school service. It's one of the most Christian popular and loved songs within our community.

@bxkid7

Жыл бұрын

Very cool that you know the song :)

I saw that, they were fabulous.

Talk about lifting you to a higher place. WoW!!!

4:57 (ginger one) went to my school and he is a west end star now….. name is Tom Hier! You should review Wales of West End which he is in and they have been performing remotely for people’s entertainment through the pandemic!

@peterc.1618

2 жыл бұрын

I think the second soloist now has a degree in musical theatre whilst the first soloist is a doctor.

Calon Lan translation to English I don’t ask for a luxurious life, the world’s gold or its fine pearls, I ask for a happy heart, an honest heart, a pure heart. Chorus A pure heart full of goodness Is fairer than the pretty lily, None but a pure heart can sing, Sing in the day and sing in the night. If I wished for worldly wealth, It would swiftly go to seed; The riches of a virtuous, pure heart Will bear eternal profit. (Chorus) Evening and morning, my wish Rising to heaven on the wing of song For God, for the sake of my Saviour, To give me a pure heart.

' *Calon lân* ' lyrics ( with following English translation) Nid wy'n gofyn bywyd moethus Aur y byd nai'r berlau mân Gofyn rwyf am galon hapus Calon onest, Calon Lan Calon lân yn llawn daioni Tecach yw na'r lily dlôs Dim ond Calon lân all ganu Canu'r dydd a chanu'r nôs I ask not for a life of luxury, The world's gold or its finest pearls, I ask for a happy heart An honest heart, a pure heart . A pure heart is full of goodness It's fairer than the pretty lily Only a pure heart can sing in the day And sing in the night. 😊👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💓💓💓💓💓💓

@Orangebouganvillea

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!! After all these years I still come back to this.

@melaniejames913

Жыл бұрын

Thank youxxx

The meaning of the lyrics to Calon Lân is as follows; I don't ask for a luxurious life the world's gold or its fine pearls, I ask for a happy heart, an honest heart, a pure heart. A pure heart full of goodness Is fairer than the pretty lily, None but a pure heart can sing, Sing in the day and sing in the night. If I wished for worldly wealth, It would swiftly go to seed; The riches of a virtuous, pure heart Will bear eternal profit. (Chorus) Evening and morning, my wish Rising to heaven on the wing of song For God, for the sake of my Saviour, To give me a pure heart.

You can't beat a Welsh choir.

@michaelfarnham8261

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes you can , with a bigger Welsh choir, of course!!!!!!

@annkynaston3605

18 күн бұрын

1,000 Welsh voices.

Have you checked Cor Glanaethwy on Britains Got Talent?

One of many favourite hymns and songs of my lovely Wales - those boys sang of a heart full of happiness, honesty, pure. I am biased, of course, but MY Wales is The Land of Song mny as good, perhaps, but none better !! Cofion cynnes mawr in bawb !

good reaction kid, but dont know what the song was, never heard of it! was a good audition tho. Was in school choir myself, but only mimed in it, and to get out of classes to hang out with mates (some of my mates were part of the choir as well)!. used to go to all the choir practices during the class time, but also told a few fibs to teacher to say there was choir practice on but there wasn't just to get out of a class i didnt like and chill out with mates somewhere! haha

@bxkid7

3 жыл бұрын

Def some awesome memories in being apart of a group. Cool to know u was in one as well =)

It is called Calon Lan it is praying for heart as pure as the white lily. If you search Calon Lan you will find anEnglish traanslation.

@DD-wd7ku

2 жыл бұрын

Let's remember to put the accent in Lân. Calon (a as in can) Lân (â as in lard). Makes a difference to the meaning 😊

This isn't the kind of thing I listen to, or even hear much in life....... So why did I still get a big lump in my throat and watery eyes? Lol, no denying that Welsh pride I can feel off every one of them, they were powerful together. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😁

Thank you for your kind words sir. Diolch.

@bxkid7

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure

Calon lan. A pure heart. Calon hapus. A happy heart.

@alunthomas9501

3 жыл бұрын

Should check out the audition of angelicus.

uppa vally

its a yes from me

Look up Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐑🐑🐑choirs singing MYFANWY CYMRU AM BYTH ❤️❤️❤️❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

you must watch Collabro

@jackiefeaver3634

2 жыл бұрын

agree

Means (pure heart) Google Welsh song calon lan translate into English

If you get the chance give Gimme Gimme Gimme a watch I think you will enjoy it.

Lest we forget Tom Jones is Welsh.

@llwyde1104

Жыл бұрын

After a fashion...see his destruction of our Anthem Cenedlaethol at a Calzaghe fight...horrendous!

Oedd yn gwych iawn.

They were fabulous. I expected them to at least come second that year. It would have been impossible to beat the wonderful Ashleigh with beautiful Pudsey (RIP) but Only Boys Aloud were so much better than Pavarotti wannabe Jonathan and Charlotte who was better suited to pop music.

I was in school with the 1st singer on stage, not a very nice person