I once herd that "all Welshman think they can sing........ and 99% of them can". Its so true. My grandfather was from Wales and he passed when I was about 3 (about 40 years ago) but I used to listened to a lp he left, "Max Boyce Live at Treorchy". Wonderful songs some funny and some sad but all from the heart. ❤
But I can't forget the times we had, The laughing midst the fear, 'Cos every time I cough I get, A mining souvenir. - These have to be some of the most poignant lyrics I have ever heard.
THIS ALWAYS MAKES ME THINK OF THE VILLAGE WHERE I GREW UP,A LITTLE VILLAGE GLYNCORRWG, SUCH HAPPY MEMORIES OF MY 15 YRSTHERE ,I STILL CALL IT HOME ,1 DAY I WILL BE BACK THERE .🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
One of the most moving renditions I heard of this song was at a working men's club in Caernarvon, in 1990. My brother's band was playing a dance, and at the end of the evening an old fella took the microphone and sang this song. Not very well, but with great feeling.
Beautifully sung... love Max Boyce... I still have my great Granchers Lamp Check No.1 from Marine Colliery, Cwm... welsh Miners from the valleys, the salt of the earth!
I think this is a miners song,well sung by MAX BOYCE .A story in a song ,love it and it still brings tears to my eyes every time i hear it,as i come from a welsh mining famiy.
My enduring memory of a Forest of Dean miner walking up the hill past Cinderford library. Oxygen bottle in his hand, he would take a few steps before stopping to use his bottle.
Proud to be Maori/Welsh mix. We had a mighty man like this in Aotearoa once called Prince Tui Teka, moe mai ia, haere ki te po nui ki ti po roa ki te po maire. Now du'in triao shaddar Cymraeg! Cymru am byth! Big ups to the Richards family.
That's one hell of a mix! Proud to be Welsh and proud to have mining as a part of my history. It's so important that we don't forget those that worked down in the mines. Cymru am byth indeed 🏴❤
Why can't we have max Boyce back singing to the crowd's b4 the home games it's bound to get the crowd's going and great atmosphere ian Llewellyn Jan 2018 come Wales bring max back
Great song! Greetings from Greece! Unfortunately there are some big and powerful countries who do not want the smaller countries than them to get strong.
I watched my Granda die with the cough - the mining souvenier but in another generation, no one will know. Max breaks my heart like when I watch footage of Aberfan. Where is it being told?
cwm marine colliery.................rem i went to an outdoor party on the outskirts of london.,,,,houseowner....a big name in banking, when asked for a welsh song ...i gave them this.....heads bowed and ashamed ...the party ended
Max Boyce In our little valley They closed the collery down And the pithead baths is a supermarket now Empty gurneys red with rust Roll to rest admist the dust And the pithead baths is a supermarket now 'Cause it's hard Duw it's hard It's harder than they will ever know And it's they must take the blame The price of coal's the same But the pithead baths is a supermarket now They came down here from England Because our outputs low Briefcases full of bank clerks That had not never been below And they'll close the valley's oldest mine Pretending that they're sad But don't you worry butty bach We're really very glad 'Cause it's hard Duw it's hard Harder than they will ever know And it's they must take the blame For the price of coal's the same But the pithead baths is a…
A rather silly relative of mine was having the usual rant about Mrs T closing all the pits so I asked him if they re -opened a local pit if he'd go back down. "Don't be stupid boy how can I with this cough of mine". Black phlegm coughed up each time.
This is not a tale of a nation BUT of the 100'000's up and down 🇬🇧 who went underground to do the dirty work that powered the industrial revolution. Many died and suffered poor health and all they wanted a fair days pays for a day's work and a vibrant community to bring their families up. Many of those communities are still trying to find a purpose decades later. This was a failure of Government (all parties), poor Management and Intransigent Unions. All failed to protect those that worked so hard! Listen and reflect, this could be Bargoed, Balmore or Barnsley!
It is a beautiful and a poetic song, Max Boyce at his eloquent best. But there's some false memory here. Those of us who grew up in Wales when the mines were struggling, and who were lucky enough to read the tragic novels of Richard Llewellyn and (especially) Alexander Cordell, know that coal mining was a curse and that the Welsh are well rid of the fear and the "mining souvenirs."
Yes it would be hard been down a drift mine (scary) the man portrays lot's of things which as a Welsh man you should be proud. I'm English and proud of all what Scotland Ireland and Wales have achieved.
Dan Jones Max worked underground for nearly 8 years right out of school and wrote this song when he got above ground. He is singing this because he lived it, and every second of it is true and heartfelt. Im sure he doesnt give a damn about champagne or socialists.
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+Matt James I always wonder why the English feel a need to put their vile comments on videos like this, why do they search Welsh things to comment on. Just show themselves up all the time.
I’m English, and I’ve loved listening to Max Boyce since I was a kid. Max is a Bard and a gentleman. This song fills me up every time I hear it. I knock out the melody on my harmonica and it still moves me. And when I look at what the English have done over the centuries to the other peoples we share this island with, well... it’s no wonder there’s resentment. Anyway, Cymru am byth!
I found out a year ago that I have a 1st cousin in Christchurch that was given for adoption in 44. I am in constant touch with her, Da iawn am ddysgu Cymraeg. Where in N.Z are you ?
