{"id":8465,"date":"2015-02-13T16:53:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T16:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=8465"},"modified":"2020-05-16T21:57:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T21:57:45","slug":"wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=8465","title":{"rendered":"Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/watch.wliw.org\/video\/1316904378?starttime=1200000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visions of Wales <\/a>\u00a0\u2190\u2022<\/h6>\n<address><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wales.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-50769\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/welsh-flag.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/welsh-flag.jpg 286w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/welsh-flag-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00abWe have for you tonight a fine young comic who&#8217;s been nominated for just every new comedy award going, but it hasn&#8217;t been easy for him because he&#8217;s come up against lots of prejudice and discrimination to get where he is today. Yes, folks, he&#8217;s Welsh. Please go absolutely mad for Mr <strong>Rhod Gilbert<\/strong>&#8230;\u00bb\u00a0\u2193<\/address>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RBmkqaBMMI8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">. . . Hello! &#8230; Hello!!! \u00a0Thank you very much. \u00a0It&#8217;s very nice to be here. \u00a0I &#8230;, er, \u00a0flew to Montreal on Sunday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;m not gonna lie to you, I took quite\u00a0a cheap flight. If I&#8217;m completely honest with you, the first three times this ran on the baggage carrier \u00a0I laughed; and the other passengers laughed; and we all laughed&#8230;\u00a0Then the other passengers&#8230; they went home. I took this to the &#8230; I took this to the\u00a0<strong>desk<\/strong>.\u00a0There was a very nice girl on the desk, a very nice girl; she said: <em>\u00abWhat seems to be the problem?\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I said: <em>\u00abMainly it&#8217;s about my luggage.\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said: <em>\u00abIs that not it?\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I said: <em>\u00abThis is <strong>some<\/strong> of it. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, \u00a0I&#8217;m [?] to get this back. The thing is, I&#8217;m here for a week. I&#8217;m pretty sure I packed <strong>more<\/strong> than this.\u00bb<\/em>\u00a0And she asked me a question I&#8217;d been asked many times in airports, many times&#8230; It never seemed strange in the past. She said: <em>\u00abHave you left it unattended at any point?\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I said: <em>\u00abI suppose I <strong>must<\/strong> have. I&#8217;m not the most observant person in the world but&#8230; if this happened when I was reeling it through the airport I think I&#8217;d have noticed! Surely it would have got very light, very quickly.\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said: <em>\u00abWe must do a <strong>report<\/strong>.\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I said: <em>\u00abYES, yes, we <strong>must<\/strong>!\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was all going quite well until question <strong>three<\/strong>&#8230; She said:\u00a0<em>\u00abDoes your luggage have any distinctive features, Mr Gilbert?\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I said: <em>\u00abIt&#8217;s got a long black <strong>handle<\/strong> \u00a0[?] \u00a0use&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s very nice to be in M. I am from Wales . . . Thanks for your applause . . .\u00a0Lenny&#8217;s right, growing up in Wales is tough; it&#8217;s tough growing up in Wales. I remember one night I dreamt it stopped raining&#8230; I&#8217;ll never forget that first <strong>dry<\/strong> dream!!!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Montreal seems a friendly place&#8230; Since I live in London now. You see, London&#8217;s <strong>not<\/strong> a very friendly place if you&#8217;re Welsh, you know; It&#8217;s not; I&#8217;ve lived there TEN years, TEN years I&#8217;ve lived in London and&#8230; haven&#8217;t met anyone yet &#8230; haven&#8217;t spoken to anyone, \u00a0haven&#8217;t made any friends &#8230; I<strong> stalk<\/strong> a few people &#8230; I don\u00b4t know if you have any stalkers here, but I don\u00b4t even enjoy it. I don\u00b4t like stalking . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Your life&#8217;s not the same when you&#8217;re stalking people. Just once &#8211; this is gonna sound silly to you &#8211; but just once, just once, in the whole of my being stalking people, it would have just been nice if we could do what I wanted to do. Always got a fit around them, [&#8230;?] you. I&#8217;m sick of it. If you think &#8211; if you&#8217;re thinking about stalking somebody and anybody there is thinking about stalking somebody, choose who you stalk very carefully. That&#8217;s my advice. Choose who you stalk ver&#8230; There&#8217;s a lot of strange people out there&#8230; I stalked some right weirdos. In fact, if you are gonna stalk, you&#8217;ve got somebody in mind. You&#8217;ve chosen your person. My advice, follow them for a few months first. Just on a trial basis. See if you&#8217;re compatible. See if you&#8217;ve got the same interests. There&#8217;s nothing worse &#8211; take my word for this &#8211; \u00a0nothing worse than stalking somebody when you&#8217;ve got nothing in common. Should you call them up in the middle of the night, it&#8217;s awkward silences. It&#8217;s a lonely life as well. People don&#8217;t realise how lonely it is being a stalker, you know. The best thing to do, I found it, always try to stalk somebody who&#8217;s already stalking somebody else. And then, they might be stalking somebody else. I got lucky a few years going in a chain of eleven! We had this little mini-bus. And we had some lovely days out!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Don&#8217;t have much luck meeting people in London. It&#8217;s very difficult to meet girls, of course, you know &#8211; I did meet one girl, but then we went shopping together. We were looking for a dress, you see. It was more for her than for me, to be honest though. But it was a busy Saturday, a busy Saturday and I was getting tired and confused; we&#8217;d been shopping for hours, I was tired, I was confused, and we&#8217;d been to lots of different shops, she&#8217;d tried on lots of different dresses and I remember after a while she turned to me and she said, <em>&#8216;Does my bum look bigger in this one? Or in the last one?&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I said, <em>&#8216;It looks bigger in this one.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yes &#8230; I know, I know . . . I know &#8230; I said, <em>&#8216;It looks much bigger in this one.&#8217;<\/em> Said, &#8216;<em>Looks massive.&#8217;<\/em> Said, &#8216;<em>To be honest, it only just fits in this one.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I knew I&#8217;d said the wrong thing, call it instict. She said, <em>&#8216;What do you mean it&#8217;s massive? What do you mean it&#8217;s huge? What do you mean it only just fits in this one?&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I said, &#8216;<em>This is a smaller shop.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said, &#8216;<em>Not the shop. I don&#8217;t mean which shop makes my bum look bigger. I mean the dress. Which dress makes my bum look bigger? [&#8230;?] She said, &#8216;I don&#8217;t want the dress to make my bum small, you idiot, I want the dress to make my bum look smaller.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I said, <em>&#8216;Now you&#8217;re looking for a magic dress.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said, <em>&#8216;No, you don&#8217;t get it. You just don&#8217;t understand. I just want a dress, I just want a dress that doesn&#8217;t make me look like a hippo.&#8217; <\/em>And then she looked at me again, she said,<em> &#8216;You&#8217;re not even listening. Look at you. You&#8217;re miles away. You could &#8230; You could at least look at me when I&#8217;m talking&#8230;&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I said, <em>&#8216;I&#8217;m sorry, there&#8217;s a little bird in your back&#8230;&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So she&#8217;s gone &#8230; [&#8230;?]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;ll tell you one thing, it&#8217;s quicker to park. You know, as I was walking from the terminal of the airport to the taxi run&#8230; the taxi driver in the first taxi, he saw me coming along. He got out of his cab, he walked round to the back, he popped open the boot, in a sarcastic Montreal way he said, <em>&#8216;You want a hand with that?&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I said,<em> &#8216;No thank you. Sure I can manage<\/em>.&#8217; I said, <em>&#8216;If you want to help, you can take the trolley back.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u21d2<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fGI5sU-QbQs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">. . . \u00a0Rod Gilbert again&#8230;<\/a>\u21d0\u00a0 [in Australia]<\/h5>\n<p><strong>\u2022\u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bwK9aEpaG_o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">. . . Rhod Gilbert<\/a><\/strong> tries to buy a <strong>potato \u21d0<\/strong>\u00a0What could possibly go wrong there?<\/p>\n<address>This happened to me literally last week. I was in a supermarket, and this is &#8230; I wanted one jacked potato, right?<\/address>\n<address>The supermarket I was in sold them in packs of two. I called the manager, I said, <em>\u00abI just want one jacked potato.\u00bb<\/em><\/address>\n<address>She said, \u00abThey only come in packs of two.\u00bb<\/address>\n<address>I said, \u00abNo they don&#8217;t. You did that!\u00bb<\/address>\n<address>She said, \u00abI&#8217;m sorry.\u00bb<\/address>\n<address>I said, \u00abYou did that; potatoes come in ones: it&#8217;s one potato, two potatoes, three potatoes, four &#8230;<\/address>\n<address>Not two potatoes, four potatoes, six potatoes, eight &#8230; remember?\u00bb<\/address>\n<address>I said, \u00abI want one potato,\u00bb and never my own she said, \u00abYou could have the other one tomorrow.\u00bb<\/address>\n<address>I said, \u00abI don&#8217;t want the other one tomorrow; I&#8217;m going away tomorrow.\u00bb<\/address>\n<address>She said, \u00abYou could take it with you.\u00bb<\/address>\n<address>I said, \u00abI&#8217;m going to America; that&#8217;s where they came in first place&#8230;\u00bb<\/address>\n<address>What I&#8217;m gonna do, explain that I&#8217;m buying the potatoes back one by one \u00a0[&#8230;]<\/address>\n<address>I said, \u00abI&#8217;ll give a split the pack.\u00bb<\/address>\n<address>She said, \u00abYou&#8217;ll be arrested.\u00bb<\/address>\n<address>I said, \u00abIn change with what: separating potatoes?\u00bb<\/address>\n<address>She said, \u00abCan&#8217;t you give it to somebody?\u00bb<\/address>\n<address>I said, \u00abWhat?\u00bb<\/address>\n<address>She said, \u00abCan&#8217;t you give the other potato to someone?\u00bb<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wales.com\/national-symbols-wales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-50768\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/leeks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/leeks.jpg 720w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/leeks-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/leeks-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/leeks-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/members.multimania.co.uk\/just_surfing_00\/id71.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Welsh Slang<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<strong>\u2190<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><strong>\u25ca\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n9uMJovuA_Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0\u00abDifferences between the English and the Welsh\u00bb<\/a> \u21d0 \u00a0by Lloyd Davies<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u25ca\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/5000016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0A Historical Tour of Wales <\/a>\u21d0<\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>\u00a0 33<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/ailbhemalone\/reasons-to-be-proud-to-be-welsh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reasons \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0to be proud<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/ailbhemalone\/reasons-to-be-proud-to-be-welsh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24115\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/leek.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/leek.jpeg 198w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/leek-150x129.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2666\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mK_aYnMycJI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Conquest of Wales<\/a>\u00a0 \u21d0\u00a0 British Imperial History<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/flag_Wales.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Edward I&#8217;s Conquest of Wales of 1282 provides a starting point for this timeline, which explores the history of British colonialism through the centuries. We explore Edward&#8217;s motives for invasion, and the castles he build to consolidate his power. We explore how English men and women were brought into the Welsh &#8216;boroughs&#8217;, to encourage trade, and how English ideas of &#8216;civilization&#8217; were imposed on a conquered people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>[Timelines.tv]<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2022\u2192\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-1D3aECgPx0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A Photographic History of Mining in South Wales<\/a>\u00a0 \u2190\u00a0John O&#8217;Sullivan<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u25ca\u2192 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/whats-on\/travel\/snowdon-best-park-europe-wales-17348504\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Snowdonia<\/a><\/strong> National Park\u00a0 \u21d3<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q6DvgFwQhC4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Snowdonia<\/strong><\/a> is a region in northwest Wales concentrated around the mountains and glacial landforms of massive Snowdonia National Park. The park&#8217;s historic Snowdon Mountain Railway climbs to the summit of Wales&#8217;s highest mountain, Mount Snowdon, offering views across the sea to Ireland. The park is also home to an extensive network of trails, over 100 lakes and craggy peaks like Cader Idris and Tryfan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wa_SrbbC50M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2666\u2192\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xk6jqCONrqg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;I Can\u2019t forget my Wales&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0 \u21d0\u00a0 [by \u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lorraineking.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lorraine King<\/a>]<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Again I face the world\u2019s great seas,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Blow hard you storms and gales?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>The fairest wind will always be<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>That blows me home to Wales.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We all must take the toils of life<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Our recollections fail.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>But rest assured my sweet dear friends<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I won&#8217;t forget my Wales.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Please bury me in Gods dear earth<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Farewell to foam and sails.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>No more to wander times great path<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>But home at last in Wales.<\/strong><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h6><em>\u25ca\u2192 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SDj1czgg5F0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Calon L\u00e2n&#8217; <\/a>\u2193 \u00a0[Wales national rugby union team Song]\u00a0<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/smN4qLUS8xU\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nid wy&#8217;n gofyn bywyd moethus &#8211;\u00a0Aur y byd na&#8217;i berlau m\u00e2n<br \/>\nGofyn rwyf am calon hapus &#8211;\u00a0Calon onest, calon l\u00e2n.<\/p>\n<p>Pe dymunwn olud bydol &#8211;\u00a0Chwim adenydd iddo sydd<br \/>\nGolud calon l\u00e2n rinweddol &#8211;\u00a0Yn dwyn bythol elw fydd.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Calon l\u00e2n yn llawn daioni &#8211;\u00a0<strong>Tecach yw na&#8217;r lili dlos<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Does ond calon l\u00e2n all ganu &#8211;\u00a0<strong>Canu&#8217;r dydd a chanu&#8217;r nos.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hwyr a bore fy nymuniad &#8211;\u00a0Esgyn ar adenydd c\u00e2n<br \/>\nAr i Dduw, er mwyn fy Ngheidwad &#8211;\u00a0Roddi imi galon l\u00e2n.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Calon l\u00e2n yn llawn daioni &#8211;\u00a0<strong>Tecach yw na&#8217;r lili dlos<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Does ond calon l\u00e2n all ganu &#8211;\u00a0<strong>Canu&#8217;r dydd a chanu&#8217;r nos.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #808080;\"><em>\u2022 \u00a0English translation:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yYOxBncgmLQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8466\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/flag_Wales.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/flag_Wales.jpg 256w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/flag_Wales-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">I ask not for ease and riches nor earth&#8217;s jewels for my part<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> But I have the best of wishes for a pure and honest heart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Should I cherish earthly treasure &#8211;\u00a0It would fly on speedy wings<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> The pure heart a plenteous measure of true pleasure daily brings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><i> <strong>Oh, pure heart so true and tender &#8211;\u00a0Fairer than the lilies white<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>The pure heart alone can render \u00a0&#8211; \u00a0Songs of joy both day and night . . .\u00a0<\/strong><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Eve and morn my prayers ascending to God&#8217;s heaven on wings of song<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Seek the joy that knows no ending &#8211;\u00a0The pure heart that knows no wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 id=\"watch-headline-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\u25ca \u00a0Y Bryn Gwyn (The White Hill) \u2193\u00a0by Ceredwen [&#8216;The Golden Land&#8217;]<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KqmlMQYpW9A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-34877\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Bendigeidfran.jpg\" alt=\"Bendigeidfran\" width=\"227\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Bendigeidfran.jpg 227w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Bendigeidfran-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The song is based on the second part of Mabinogion cycle; Bran the giant (Bendigeidfran) had been mortally wounded during the battle in Ireland to save his sister Branwen, who had been poorly treated by her husband (none other than the King of Ireland himself, Matholwch). He ordered his companions to cut off his head and bury it at the White Hill in London, facing towards France.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His head had remained until the time of King Arthur, who removed the head in the belief that he alone should be guardian of the land. Later, when the Tower of London was built on the same site, ravens were brought there in memory of Bran. To this day, it is believed that as long as there are ravens in the Tower of London, there the island of Britain is safe from invasion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Saith ddaeth o&#8217;r Iweddon, siomedigaeth yn ei gwaed<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Y genhadaeth drosodd, i achub ei chwaer<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Mynd yn ol at yr ynys efo pen Bran yn ei llaw<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Y gost yn uchel ar ol aberthu ei cawr<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Yng nghwmni ei Brenin, yr amser aeth ymlaen<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Llawer o wledda, ysbryd Bran yn dal i&#8217;w arwain<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Edrych at Cernyw a wnaeth dorri yr hud<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Aethant i Lundain i gladdu pen ei arweinydd<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Bendigeidfran, y Brenin Mawr<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Bendigeidfran, yn cadw&#8217;r gelyn draw<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Bendigeidfran, y Brenin dewr<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Rhodd ei ben, rhodd ei ben i&#8217;w wlad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wedi dod i Lundain aethant at y Bryn Gwyn<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Fel y ddymunodd ei arweinydd a&#8217;i brenin<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Claddwyd pen Bendigeidfran yn edrych draw at Ffrainc<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Er mwyn amddiffyn ei wlad wrth unrhyw feddiant<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #808080;\">\u2022 English translation:<\/span><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Seven came from Ireland, disappoinment in their blood<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The mission over, his sister saved<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Going back to the island with Bran&#8217;s head in their hands\u00a0was a costly sacrifice<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Thus wnet by in the company of their King &#8211;\u00a0The spirit of Bran leading the feasting<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Looking towards Cornwall they broke the spell &#8211;\u00a0Then travelled to London to bury the head<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Bendigeidfran, the great King &#8211;\u00a0Bendigeidran, wardinf off the enemy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> Bendigeidfran, the brave King &#8211;\u00a0He gave his head to save the land<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Coming to London to the White Hill at the request of their King and leader<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\"> They buried Bran&#8217;s head looking toward France to save the land from invasion<\/span><\/address>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2295\u00a0 Ceredwen \u2192<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1UW-Zo6851o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Blwyddyn I Heno&#8217; \u00a0(&#8216;A Year from now&#8217;)\u00a0<\/a>\u21d0<\/h6>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u25ca \u00a0Max Boyce \u00a0\u2193 \u00a0&#8216;Hymns &amp; Arias&#8217;<\/h5>\n<address style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pBY4PMk39QM\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>And we were singing hymns and arias &#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><strong>&#8216;Land of my Fathers&#8217;, &#8216;Ar hyd y nos&#8217;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We paid our weekly shilling for that January trip:<br \/>\nA long weekend in London, aye, without a bit of kip.<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s a seat reserved for beer by the boys from Abercarn:<br \/>\nThere&#8217;s beer, pontoon, crisps and fags and a croakin &#8216;Calon Lan&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>And we were singing . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Into Paddington we did roll with an empty crate of ale.<br \/>\nWill had lost at cards and now his Western Mail&#8217;s for sale.<br \/>\nBut Will is very happy though his money all has gone:<br \/>\nHe swapped five photos of his wife for one of Barry John.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>&#8216;Cause we were singing<\/strong>\u00a0. . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We told the guard that we&#8217;re from Wales, the nastiest trick us far<br \/>\nHe said, &#8216;Man you can catch a 48 man! But it isn&#8217;t very far.&#8217;<br \/>\nA hundred bus were by from B__ who&#8217;d been to see the Queen<br \/>\nso we added a quicker member and it was the greatest London scene<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>&#8216;Cause we were singing<\/strong>\u00a0. . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em id=\"__mceDel\"> We got to Picadilly early and were jostled in the crowd;<br \/>\nPlanted leeks and dragons, looked for toilets all around.<br \/>\nSo many there we couldn&#8217;t budge -twisted legs and pale:<br \/>\nI&#8217;m ashamed we used a bottle that once held bitter ale.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>And we were singing<\/strong>\u00a0. . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Wales defeated England in a fast and open game.<br \/>\nWe sang &#8216;Cwm Rhondda&#8217; and &#8216;Delilah&#8217;,\u00a0damn, they sounded both the same.<br \/>\nWe sympathised with an Englishman\u00a0whose team was doomed to fail<br \/>\nSo we gave him that old bottle, that once held bitter ale!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>He started singing hymns and arias &#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><strong>&#8216;Land of my Fathers&#8217;, &#8216;Ar hyd y nos&#8217;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">So it&#8217;s down to Soho for the night,\u00a0to the girls with the shiny beads;<br \/>\nTo the funny men with lipstick on,\u00a0with evil minds and deeds.<br \/>\nOne said to Will from a doorway dark,\u00a0damn, she didn&#8217;t have much on.<br \/>\nBut Will knew what she wanted,\u00a0aye&#8230;his photo of Barry John!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8216;<strong>Cos she was singing hymns and arias &#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><strong>&#8216;Land of my Fathers&#8217;, &#8216;Ar hyd y nos&#8217;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6 id=\"watch-headline-title\" class=\"yt\" style=\"font-weight: normal; color: #222222; text-align: center;\"><strong><span id=\"eow-title\" class=\"watch-title long-title yt-uix-expander-head\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"Llwyn Onn ( The Ash Grove ) - Cor Meibion Treorci Choir\">\u2666 \u00a0 Meibion Treorci Choir \u00a0\u21d2\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kTR3rTX6ia0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Llwyn Onn ( The Ash Grove )<\/a>\u00a0\u21d0<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<\/address>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.valleystream.co.uk\/clickast.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-34870\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Welsh.jpg\" alt=\"Welsh\" width=\"102\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Welsh.jpg 102w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Welsh-90x150.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 102px) 100vw, 102px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wales.com\/en\/content\/cms\/english\/about_wales\/history_ancestry\/myths___legends\/myths___legends.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.wales.com\/history_ancestry\/myths legends.aspx<\/a>\u2190<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u2022\u2192<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/wales\/history\/sites\/themes\/myths.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/wales\/history\/myths.shtml<\/a>\u2190<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022\u2192<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.welsh-mythsandlegends.walesdirectory.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.welsh-mythsandlegends.walesdirectory.co.uk\/<\/a>\u2190<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span class=\"style13\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #666666;\">\u00b6 \u00a0Click to watch\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"style11\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #666666;\">A Story!<\/span>\u2192<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2022\u2192\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vyfXWSVaqUE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How <strong>David<\/strong> became the patron saint of Wales<\/a> \u21d0 [narrated by John Hughes]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sacred-texts.com\/neu\/celt\/index.htm#wales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15330 size-full\" title=\"Triskelion\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Triskelion.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022\u2192 Visions of Wales \u2190\u2022 \u00abWe have for you tonight a fine young comic who&#8217;s been nominated for just every new comedy award going, but it hasn&#8217;t been easy for him because he&#8217;s come up against lots of prejudice and discrimination to get where he is today. Yes, folks, he&#8217;s Welsh. Please go absolutely mad [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":8466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[180,291],"tags":[102,200,298],"class_list":["post-8465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vid","category-monologues","tag-lyrics","tag-documentary","tag-wales","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8465"}],"version-history":[{"count":114,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53537,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8465\/revisions\/53537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}