Olwen Morgan, senior matron at Neath Port Talbot Hospital, sings 'Myfanwy' on 21st October, 2016, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster.
Beautiful. My grandfather was from South Wales. He use to say, "you might meet a Welshman that can't sing but you'll never meet a Welshman that won't sing."
Just saw this, a beautiful song sung by a beautiful voice by a beautiful lady, my favourite love song. I'll never ever forget Aberfan living only a few miles from there when this happened. My father went there to help dig those poor souls out after he'd finished a night shift at the nearby Hoover factory. RIP. XX
What a lovely singer,I was 14 when the Aberfan disaster happened , it still affects me to this date,and what a tribute to all those that died to hear this lovely song. Rest In peace all of you Of Aberfan .
I was a Derbyshire miner during this tragic day. I have never seen as many grown men openly in tears before or since. It still brings me to tears. God bless the poor souls who lost their lives, the relatives who have lost loved ones, and those emergency workers who had the task of recovering the bodies.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I was 14 when this tragedy happened. In our school assembly we had a 2 minute silence - not a dry eye in the room. Nearly a whole generation wiped out in a moment. The magnitude of the disaster was very hard to take in. Still can't think of it without welling up.
It's difficult to write with tears streaming down my face after listening to such a beautiful rendition of "Myfanwy". The tears are twofold, my mother's name was Myfanwy, born Myfanwy Roberts, and the other is the terrible loss of those 116 children and 28 adults. The mine owners knew not to build a mine spoil tip on top of a spring, but they were driven by money. It was built in contravention of the NCB's official procedures, the tip was partly based on ground from which water springs emerged. That, is the true horror of it all.
How moving! I was ten when I saw this on the BBC. I lived in Neath and later played football against a German side from Dortmund which visited Neath. Together we visited Aberfan to show how respect for all those children who never saw the light of day again.
My mum is Welsh, this song makes me watery eyed at the best of times....this version had me sobbing from opening line. Outstanding voice and a beautiful tribute.
I remember my friend Neil Powell sobbing inconsolably as the news broke.....he was in Harrogate and lost all of his school friends and family that terrible day. Where ever you are Neil, I've never forgotten you.
I was eighteen years old and working in a coal mine at the time this horrific event happened I cried unconsolably, i just listened to this wonderful nurse singing and it all came back to me I have never cried since then but once more tears came pouring from my eyes, I feel guilty for not helping even though it came over the news not to go to Aberfan because there were thousands of people there already.
@@PatrickKelly-lz3pv @Patrick Kelly my word's may seem nonsensical and certainly you will have heard it many times but although you clearly do, you should not feel such guilt Patrick. I too carry a guilt from my own service . It took years of intense therapy to realise there was "absolutely nothing" I could have done that would have altered the outcome. I hope this does not sound patronising. Many things in life are simply beyond our control. I know my words will not ease your suffering. But please know I genuinely understand and care. I cannot imagine the pain and suffering of that day and still today. Although I was not born it breaks my heart. I am not great at words but I do understand.
This lady has such a lovely voice. 55 tears to the day and still remembered. Even though I wasn't born in 1966, the grief still lingers the generations. R.I.P to all 144 lives lost and sympathies with the people of Aberfan. Ancestor of Yorkshire coal miners
Wonderful. Well sung. I might not be Welsh but I am from a mining family (the Durham coal fields) and I sing every day and I remember Aberfan. I had just started school in 1966 and we prayed so hard for those children. They will never be forgotten.
Howling here. I was six when this frightful disaster happened. Wales responds, appropriately, with song. What a gorgeous performance. Go nurses! Especially Welsh ones.
To the angels who died that day. I was at my gran's, in the Rhondda Valley the day tragedy struck. I was the same age as many who died in the school. We will never forget you, dear little ones.
I remember coming home from school and hearing about Aberfan, I was 10 at the time living in Fife, it still hits me when I hear the name Aberfan. May the children and their teachers Rest In Peace.
I was at a primary school in norfolk when at assembly our head master offered prayers to those children of my age , it was the first time I heard a "grown up" weep. I still weep when I am reminded of this tradgedy
Born an bred in Wales each an every time I hear myfanwy canol lan + the national anthem . It brings tears to my eyes . It makes me so proud of been born Welsh an how so many Welsh hymns and songs have such a effect on myself an my life in general
I passed the Aberfan disaster site the night after it happened. I saw the lights on the mountain slurry where civil defence workers and volunteers were working. God Bless those lost ,those berieved and those striving to find survivors.
Well sung Olwen!!! This song is so evocative of Wales! Very appropriate to commemorate the Aberfan tragedy. Parry was a genius!! I attempted to sing it in his house in my version of Irish Welsh! it was a pleasure for me , whatever about the unfortunate Welsh listeners!!!
I never tire of listening to this beautiful rendition of Myfanwy by this beautiful lady. She sings it with such heartfelt feeling and splendid intonation, she never fails to bring a lump to my throat. So very well done! I was 8, the same age as many of the Aberfan children, at the time of the tragedy and can remember my teacher telling us about it all and asking us to pray for the victims. My school was at Siggiewi, a little country village in Malta, far away from Aberfan, but our hearts were with those who perished. Thank you for this video and again, well done to the lady singer.
Big shout out to howell williams who sadly passed away today he is being called a hero of aberfan saved many lives. His courage to go back into the disaster to save all those people not thinking about his own life now that is a true hero lets get this man's name about. Thank you Mr Williams for being you and having the courage to do what you did.
If anything proves the non existence of god it was this tragic event. Much respect and love to this lovely lady for giving such a moving, beautiful, interpretation of a glorious song.
Owen Morgan you have the voice of an angel and I never tire of hearing you sing Myfanwy I have chosen as my song of choice for my funeral thank you xxx olwen
Such a beautiful lady with a voice full of passion and caring love,I have watched this video many,many times and shed tears each time,thankyou Olwen,you are blessed and may you be blessed forever !!!! just beautiful > You make me proud to be WELSH.
A beautiful voice and tribute and the tears are on my cheeks again. I was in lorry drivers digs not far away and I remember seeing the reports on the TV and lorry drivers watching with silent tears at the tragedy. They appealed for tipper trucks but I was driving a flat trailered artic so could only watch in helpless horror.
Beautiful. I was a Nurse. Remember that awful day. My Grandad worked down that Mine My father's brother s went to the School. I was working in England. The other Welsh Nurse who came from there went home to help clean the Children. It was heartbreaking 💔 😢. I now live in Africa 🌍 💔 😢.
@kettleroland656@ Thank you . I will never forget that day l am sorry I am getting over the death of our only Son. We are devastated .lost our only Daughter 8yrs ago. Keep safe 🙏 ❤️
im a senior nurse practitioner i respect anyobe who was around on that sad day 21 october 1966 when nanny told me of what happened was worse than training and being told Cymru Am Byth dduw bendithia pob un o'r 144 a fu farw yn Aberfan. For the english god bless every one of the 144 who died in Aberfan
Beautiful I was there just after 9am that day will never forget it God bless all those that died and the wonderful people that came to help.. From Merthyr Bor Police
Love this my favourite song her voice is so marvellous and haunting ,thankyou Joseph Parry for writing this song way back then ..falch o fod yn gymraeg
Fantastic! Thank you for sharing such a glorious tribute, such a unifying beauty that memorializes such a horror of inhumanity. Those little ones who were killed can hear and know that they AND THEIR NEEDLESS DEATHS are not forgotten. Tragically the sick minds that did not heed the warnings are now multiplied in the earth. Lord, hear our prayer.
Thank you I remember as a boy on the other side of the world hearing about Aberfan. What a terrible thing. Anyone from where I come from feels at least a little connection with Wales. I will never forget the overwhelming hospitality of my 3 or 4 days there in 1978. The All Blacks are there again now. I'm also the husband, son, brother, nephew and cousin of nurses ... so that's another reason for me to appreciate this wonderful lady. God bless you all - and good luck tomorrow!
My village I grew up in the Alan valley all the men went up to see if they could help so tragic. Very very sad. 😢 beautiful voice god bless all those who lost their lives that awful day. R,I,P. Aberfan 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️✝️
Wow awesome my late dad loved this song he was at aberfan helping with the rescue feel so emotional hearing this song my family are from Merthyr Tydfil near aberfan 🏴
The Aberfan disaster was one of the first news stories I can remember from when I was a child and I still remember the terrible day and i still cry for the children, the teachers the parents and the relatives. And it should never have happened, it could and should have been prevented.
There were a few programmes aired on BBC Wales last year for the anniversary, one of which focused on what happened before and after the disaster and it became apparent that local people had been telling the coal board for years that they were concerned about the slag heap and feared something like this might happen if it wasn't addressed but since that would have cost money the coal board ignored them and everything continued on as usual. It's so sad but watching the programmes and learning about how easily this could have been prevented makes me so mad because yes, on the one hand we can say that we 'learned' from this tragedy but it took the lives of so many for the coal board to 'learn' something which they should have already known in the first place. And whilst the men and women of the village and surrounding areas spent their time trying desperately to save any lives that they could the coal board sat around coming up with excuses, they should never be forgiven for what they did.
atheling1066 same here I remember seeing it on the news many years later I had occasion to drive through Aberfan and felt a great silence realising that virtually a whole generation was gone, our generation, only ever encountered that kind of silence one other time and that was Auschwitz. Whilst many of my pals remember 1966 solely for England’s great victory in the World Cup for me 66 will always bring Aberfan for most to my mind.
atheling1066 I feel the same I maybe 8 but my great great grandfather was deputy headteacher but he survived and I was shown on TV for the 50 anniversary
I remember sitting in my middle school lunch room and all the teachers were whispering as I was in the eldest class we were told the news so our class and teachers organised a collection for flowers have been to the cemetery as an adult and was stunned afterwards for hours with emotion
I remember that day very well as my Father and Uncle were both there but to their dieing day as their both dead now they would never talk about what they saw or what they did but it must have been horrible and what a fine tribute to all those who suffered that day and may they continue to REST IN PEACE as they will NEVER be forgotten as they paid the real price of coal.
Why you did not put my message on it about my deaf and from Treharris and I am deaf recently.... shame you ....... I am ask wish who can put subtitle for me to be fair with hearing..... I would love to hear a lady who sing at hospital ........ Thank you DFC
@@dianecolville3331 *1.* Paham mae dicter, O Myfanwy, Yn llenwi'th lygaid duon di? A'th ruddiau tirion, O Myfanwy, Heb wrido wrth fy ngweled i? Pa le mae'r wên oedd ar dy wefus Fu'n cynnau 'nghariad ffyddlon ffôl? Pa le mae sain dy eiriau melys, Fu'n denu'n nghalon ar dy ôl? Why so the anger, Oh Myfanwy, That fills your dark eyes Your gentle cheeks, Oh Myfanwy, No longer blush beholding me? Where now the smile upon your lips That lit my foolish faithful love? Where now the sound of your sweet words, That drew my heart to follow you? *2.* Pa beth a wneuthum, O Myfanwy I haeddu gwg dy ddwyrudd hardd? Ai chwarae oeddit, O Myfanwy  thanau euraidd serch dy fardd? Wyt eiddo im drwy gywir amod Ai gormod cadw'th air i mi? Ni cheisiaf fyth mo'th law, Myfanwy, Heb gael dy galon gyda hi. What was it that I did, Oh Myfanwy, To deserve the frown of your beautiful cheeks? Was it a game for you, Oh Myfanwy, This poet's golden flame of love? You belong to me, through true promise, Too much to keep your word to me? I'll never seek your hand, Myfanwy, Unless I have your heart with it. *3.* Myfanwy boed yr holl o'th fywyd Dan heulwen ddisglair canol dydd. A boed i rosyn gwridog iechyd I ddawnsio ganmlwydd ar dy rudd. Anghofia'r oll o'th addewidion A wnest i rywun, 'ngeneth ddel, A dyro'th law, Myfanwy dirion I ddim ond dweud y gair "Ffarwél". Myfanwy, may your life entirely be Beneath the midday sun's bright glow, And may a blushing rose of health Dance on your cheek a hundred years. I forget all your words of promise You made to someone, my pretty girl So give me your hand, my sweet Myfanwy, For no more but to say "farewell". Some of the Welsh lyrics don't fit with what she sings, it's the version I found on Wikipedia.
Beautiful. My grandfather was from South Wales. He use to say, "you might meet a Welshman that can't sing but you'll never meet a Welshman that won't sing."
Just saw this, a beautiful song sung by a beautiful voice by a beautiful lady, my favourite love song. I'll never ever forget Aberfan living only a few miles from there when this happened. My father went there to help dig those poor souls out after he'd finished a night shift at the nearby Hoover factory. RIP. XX
What a lovely singer,I was 14 when the Aberfan disaster happened , it still affects me to this date,and what a tribute to all those that died to hear this lovely song. Rest In peace all of you
Of Aberfan .
I was a Derbyshire miner during this tragic day. I have never seen as many grown men openly in tears before or since. It still brings me to tears. God bless the poor souls who lost their lives, the relatives who have lost loved ones, and those emergency workers who had the task of recovering the bodies.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I was 14 when this tragedy happened. In our school assembly we had a 2 minute silence - not a dry eye in the room. Nearly a whole generation wiped out in a moment. The magnitude of the disaster was very hard to take in. Still can't think of it without welling up.
A lovely song, sung here with great feeling. RIP all those departing souls at that terrible catastrophe.
It's difficult to write with tears streaming down my face after listening to such a beautiful rendition of "Myfanwy".
The tears are twofold, my mother's name was Myfanwy, born Myfanwy Roberts, and the other is the terrible loss of those 116 children and 28 adults.
The mine owners knew not to build a mine spoil tip on top of a spring, but they were driven by money. It was built in contravention of the NCB's official procedures, the tip was partly based on ground from which water springs emerged.
That, is the true horror of it all.
What a voice. So clear and pure.
How moving! I was ten when I saw this on the BBC. I lived in Neath and later played football against a German side from Dortmund which visited Neath. Together we visited Aberfan to show how respect for all those children who never saw the light of day again.
Always loved this song and the lady has a wonderful voice. I, too, am crying. Poor people.
My mum is Welsh, this song makes me watery eyed at the best of times....this version had me sobbing from opening line. Outstanding voice and a beautiful tribute.
Brilliant, no music and, no other backing voices, Tears running down my cheeks. Well done lady
I remember my friend Neil Powell sobbing inconsolably as the news broke.....he was in Harrogate and lost all of his school friends and family that terrible day. Where ever you are Neil, I've never forgotten you.
I was eighteen years old and working in a coal mine at the time this horrific event happened I cried unconsolably, i just listened to this wonderful nurse singing and it all came back to me I have never cried since then but once more tears came pouring from my eyes, I feel guilty for not helping even though it came over the news not to go to Aberfan because there were thousands of people there already.
Can we not find him on social media?
@@PatrickKelly-lz3pv @Patrick Kelly my word's may seem nonsensical and certainly you will have heard it many times but although you clearly do, you should not feel such guilt Patrick.
I too carry a guilt from my own service . It took years of intense therapy to realise there was "absolutely nothing" I could have done that would have altered the outcome.
I hope this does not sound patronising.
Many things in life are simply beyond our control.
I know my words will not ease your suffering. But please know I genuinely understand and care.
I cannot imagine the pain and suffering of that day and still today.
Although I was not born it breaks my heart.
I am not great at words but I do understand.
I've heard this sung by many an accomplished voice but never so moving l and never so hauntingly beautiful.A pure tribute - a real calon lan.
This lady has such a lovely voice.
55 tears to the day and still remembered. Even though I wasn't born in 1966, the grief still lingers the generations. R.I.P to all 144 lives lost and sympathies with the people of Aberfan.
Ancestor of Yorkshire coal miners
What a terrible,terrible tragedy.I always cry when I hear this song.This ladyhas a beautiful voice.God bless you all in Aberfan.
My late Father was a Port Talbot man 1925 to 2004 God Bless Him
Wonderful. Well sung. I might not be Welsh but I am from a mining family (the Durham coal fields) and I sing every day and I remember Aberfan. I had just started school in 1966 and we prayed so hard for those children. They will never be forgotten.
I'm sat outside my work now in Finland watching an tears won't stop. Such a tragedy :( never forget.
Howling here. I was six when this frightful disaster happened. Wales responds, appropriately, with song. What a gorgeous performance. Go nurses! Especially Welsh ones.
To the angels who died that day. I was at my gran's, in the Rhondda Valley the day tragedy struck. I was the same age as many who died in the school. We will never forget you, dear little ones.
Aldous Smith same here born and bred A RHONDDA OLD GIRL .SHE HAS A FAB VOICE.GOD BLESS YOU FROM YSTRAD RHONDDA
God bless them all. R.I.P.
I remember coming home from school and hearing about Aberfan, I was 10 at the time living in Fife, it still hits me when I hear the name Aberfan. May the children and their teachers Rest In Peace.
Thank you for singing this so beautifully God bless you and all the nurses working in Wales amen
Song of a nightingale , I bet hearing her voice sooth the most restless mind
Such a stunning tribute to a tragic event that should never have happened. Absolutely beautiful and moved me to tears. ❤️
With love from Bolton .x
I was nine years old when this happened, remember it as if it was today. god bless all those lovely angels
What a voice... no accompaniment. So much joy and feeling in her voice. Very moving.
It's a sad song
I was at a primary school in norfolk when at assembly our head master offered prayers to those children of my age , it was the first time I heard a "grown up" weep. I still weep when I am reminded of this tradgedy
Born an bred in Wales each an every time I hear myfanwy canol lan + the national anthem . It brings tears to my eyes . It makes me so proud of been born Welsh an how so many Welsh hymns and songs have such a effect on myself an my life in general
Welsh is the senior language of Britain and all it's soul is in it's voice.
Voice of an angel dedicated to the little angels of Aberfan.
Well spoken
Had me in tears Watching and Listening, Just Beautiful, Won't beat a Beautiful Song sung in Welsh. God Bless Aberfan. NEVER WILL BE FORGOTTEN!!! Cofio
The most beautiful song in the world. Goosebumps.
Breathtaking and so emotive. Beautiful tribute. Thank you so much.
Couldn't stop the tears from the moment she started singing - such a moving tribute and memory to those poor souls on that terrible day
I passed the Aberfan disaster site the night after it happened. I saw the lights on the mountain slurry where civil defence workers and volunteers were working. God Bless those lost ,those berieved and those striving to find survivors.
Still remember that terrible day. Only a child then…same age as the youngsters who went to school and never came home. X
Well sung Olwen!!! This song is so evocative of Wales! Very appropriate to commemorate the Aberfan tragedy. Parry was a genius!! I attempted to sing it in his house in my version of Irish Welsh! it was a pleasure for me , whatever about the unfortunate Welsh listeners!!!
Why am I sobbing my heart out?
Moved beyond comprehension by this amazing voice, Olwen you are an angel in so many ways Thank you
A beautiful voice, so full of emotion. No musical accompaniment.Amazing
I never tire of listening to this beautiful rendition of Myfanwy by this beautiful lady. She sings it with such heartfelt feeling and splendid intonation, she never fails to bring a lump to my throat. So very well done! I was 8, the same age as many of the Aberfan children, at the time of the tragedy and can remember my teacher telling us about it all and asking us to pray for the victims. My school was at Siggiewi, a little country village in Malta, far away from Aberfan, but our hearts were with those who perished. Thank you for this video and again, well done to the lady singer.
Big shout out to howell williams who sadly passed away today he is being called a hero of aberfan saved many lives. His courage to go back into the disaster to save all those people not thinking about his own life now that is a true hero lets get this man's name about. Thank you Mr Williams for being you and having the courage to do what you did.
If anything proves the non existence of god it was this tragic event.
Much respect and love to this lovely lady for giving such a moving, beautiful, interpretation of a glorious song.
Lovely, from a colleague....just exploring my roots. 🏴
Owen Morgan you have the voice of an angel and I never tire of hearing you sing Myfanwy I have chosen as my song of choice for my funeral thank you xxx olwen
Ychydig o leisiau sy'n gwneud i mi grio ond fe wnes i grio fel babi ... hardd
Few voices make me cry but I cried like a baby ... beautiful
This song gives me goosebumps every time I hear it, but it’s just something about her voice just makes it that much better!
Will always bring tears to my eyes as the aberfan disaster seems like yesterday an the feeling of such a tragedy is never forgotten
Such a beautiful lady with a voice full of passion and caring love,I have watched this video many,many times and shed tears each time,thankyou Olwen,you are blessed and may you be blessed forever !!!! just beautiful > You make me proud to be WELSH.
A beautiful voice and tribute and the tears are on my cheeks again. I was in lorry drivers digs not far away and I remember seeing the reports on the TV and lorry drivers watching with silent tears at the tragedy. They appealed for tipper trucks but I was driving a flat trailered artic so could only watch in helpless horror.
Beautiful. I was a Nurse. Remember that awful day. My Grandad worked down that Mine My father's brother s went to the School. I was working in England. The other Welsh Nurse who came from there went home to help clean the Children. It was heartbreaking 💔 😢. I now live in Africa 🌍 💔 😢.
@kettleroland656@ Thank you . I will never forget that day l am sorry I am getting over the death of our only Son. We are devastated
.lost our only Daughter 8yrs ago. Keep safe 🙏 ❤️
Beautiful song; beautiful voice. Thank you. May Aberfan never be forgotten.
We will never forget those little angels
Aww how eerie, yet beautiful and touching.
im a senior nurse practitioner i respect anyobe who was around on that sad day 21 october 1966 when nanny told me of what happened was worse than training and being told Cymru Am Byth
dduw bendithia pob un o'r 144 a fu farw yn Aberfan. For the english god bless every one of the 144 who died in Aberfan
Angelic voice. No other way to describe it
Aberfan was a heart breaking time ,I was 26 a the time ,it broke my heart,I cried for all those school children,god bless them
Beautiful I was there just after 9am that day will never forget it God bless all those that died and the wonderful people that came to help..
From Merthyr Bor Police
Just beautiful - moved me to tears.
So beautiful thank you an amazing voice.Eileen and Brian
Love this my favourite song her voice is so marvellous and haunting ,thankyou Joseph Parry for writing this song way back then ..falch o fod yn gymraeg
Beautiful, made my eyes leak, I remember the Aberfan tradegy as a young girl and made me cry then.
Incredible, always brings a tear to my eye no matter who’s singing, greatest love song ever written
Fantastic! Thank you for sharing such a glorious tribute, such a unifying beauty that memorializes such a horror of inhumanity. Those little ones who were killed can hear and know that they AND THEIR NEEDLESS DEATHS are not forgotten. Tragically the sick minds that did not heed the warnings are now multiplied in the earth. Lord, hear our prayer.
Thank you
I remember as a boy on the other side of the world hearing about Aberfan. What a terrible thing.
Anyone from where I come from feels at least a little connection with Wales. I will never forget the overwhelming hospitality of my 3 or 4 days there in 1978. The All Blacks are there again now.
I'm also the husband, son, brother, nephew and cousin of nurses ... so that's another reason for me to appreciate this wonderful lady.
God bless you all - and good luck tomorrow!
so moving.voice of a angel.God bless you.
So very beautiful.😥❤️
My village I grew up in the Alan valley all the men went up to see if they could help so tragic. Very very sad. 😢 beautiful voice god bless all those who lost their lives that awful day. R,I,P. Aberfan 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️✝️
Tears for the hearts that never mend.
A beautiful, beautiful voice with such sincere expression - Oh! Joy! Thank you.
That lady can sing big respect
Brought tears to my eyes. We will remember them our lost souls
Wow awesome my late dad loved this song he was at aberfan helping with the rescue feel so emotional hearing this song my family are from Merthyr Tydfil near aberfan 🏴
most beautiful I've ever heard. makes me homesick.
Every time I watch this video it still reduces me to tears, Da iawn Olwen Cariad!
A moving tribute to such a tragic disaster.
The Aberfan disaster was one of the first news stories I can remember from when I was a child and I still remember the terrible day and i still cry for the children, the teachers the parents and the relatives. And it should never have happened, it could and should have been prevented.
There were a few programmes aired on BBC Wales last year for the anniversary, one of which focused on what happened before and after the disaster and it became apparent that local people had been telling the coal board for years that they were concerned about the slag heap and feared something like this might happen if it wasn't addressed but since that would have cost money the coal board ignored them and everything continued on as usual.
It's so sad but watching the programmes and learning about how easily this could have been prevented makes me so mad because yes, on the one hand we can say that we 'learned' from this tragedy but it took the lives of so many for the coal board to 'learn' something which they should have already known in the first place. And whilst the men and women of the village and surrounding areas spent their time trying desperately to save any lives that they could the coal board sat around coming up with excuses, they should never be forgiven for what they did.
atheling1066 same here I remember seeing it on the news many years later I had occasion to drive through Aberfan and felt a great silence realising that virtually a whole generation was gone, our generation, only ever encountered that kind of silence one other time and that was Auschwitz.
Whilst many of my pals remember 1966 solely for England’s great victory in the World Cup for me 66 will always bring Aberfan for most to my mind.
atheling1066 I feel the same I maybe 8 but my great great grandfather was deputy headteacher but he survived and I was shown on TV for the 50 anniversary
Now they've done the same to the Hillsborough victims. The establishment have stuck by their own and no-one gets the blame
I remember sitting in my middle school lunch room and all the teachers were whispering as I was in the eldest class we were told the news so our class and teachers organised a collection for flowers have been to the cemetery as an adult and was stunned afterwards for hours with emotion
Stunning x
Reminded of this beautiful song after hearing it on last night's One Show. It was a tribute to a young lad who had lost his Gran
A voice of great beauty and such a wonderful tribute to the memory of Aberfan
Wonderful. A delightful and sincere tribute at the anniversary of this truly dreadful event. Very moving.
absolutely stunning
Brought me to tears. Arddechog! x
Stunning voice and a fitting tribute
Beautifully sang and a moving tribute to that very sad Day
Tears sad to remember but beautiful and we will always remember with great sadness x
Beautiful, tears run down my cheeks every time l hear this.
I remember that day very well as my Father and Uncle were both there but to their dieing day as their both dead now they would never talk about what they saw or what they did but it must have been horrible and what a fine tribute to all those who suffered that day and may they continue to REST IN PEACE as they will NEVER be forgotten as they paid the real price of coal.
Why you did not put my message on it about my deaf and from Treharris and I am deaf recently.... shame you ....... I am ask wish who can put subtitle for me to be fair with hearing..... I would love to hear a lady who sing at hospital ........ Thank you DFC
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*1.* Paham mae dicter, O Myfanwy,
Yn llenwi'th lygaid duon di?
A'th ruddiau tirion, O Myfanwy,
Heb wrido wrth fy ngweled i?
Pa le mae'r wên oedd ar dy wefus
Fu'n cynnau 'nghariad ffyddlon ffôl?
Pa le mae sain dy eiriau melys,
Fu'n denu'n nghalon ar dy ôl?
Why so the anger, Oh Myfanwy,
That fills your dark eyes
Your gentle cheeks, Oh Myfanwy,
No longer blush beholding me?
Where now the smile upon your lips
That lit my foolish faithful love?
Where now the sound of your sweet words,
That drew my heart to follow you?
*2.* Pa beth a wneuthum, O Myfanwy
I haeddu gwg dy ddwyrudd hardd?
Ai chwarae oeddit, O Myfanwy
 thanau euraidd serch dy fardd?
Wyt eiddo im drwy gywir amod
Ai gormod cadw'th air i mi?
Ni cheisiaf fyth mo'th law, Myfanwy,
Heb gael dy galon gyda hi.
What was it that I did, Oh Myfanwy,
To deserve the frown of your beautiful cheeks?
Was it a game for you, Oh Myfanwy,
This poet's golden flame of love?
You belong to me, through true promise,
Too much to keep your word to me?
I'll never seek your hand, Myfanwy,
Unless I have your heart with it.
*3.* Myfanwy boed yr holl o'th fywyd
Dan heulwen ddisglair canol dydd.
A boed i rosyn gwridog iechyd
I ddawnsio ganmlwydd ar dy rudd.
Anghofia'r oll o'th addewidion
A wnest i rywun, 'ngeneth ddel,
A dyro'th law, Myfanwy dirion
I ddim ond dweud y gair "Ffarwél".
Myfanwy, may your life entirely be
Beneath the midday sun's bright glow,
And may a blushing rose of health
Dance on your cheek a hundred years.
I forget all your words of promise
You made to someone, my pretty girl
So give me your hand, my sweet Myfanwy,
For no more but to say "farewell".
Some of the Welsh lyrics don't fit with what she sings, it's the version I found on Wikipedia.
On that day tears from across the world,
never be ashamed to cry for our brothers and sisters Dros urdas Aberfan in honour
Beautifully sung. Tears once more.
Absolutely stunning,, sheer audio bliss
beautiful,brought me to tears
Sorry 😐 i am lost for words.god bless you sweetheart.love Lyndon.
Beautiful. Thank you..
Blimey, what a voice!
I adore this tune by a male choir but this is sung with such angelic notes, well done 👍
Absolutely stunning xxxx
No welsh man , woman , or child should ever be allowed to forget what happened on that dreadful day .
The Welsh will never forget. You have to constantly remind those in power in England. That's the sad bit.
what a fantastic voice
Such a beautiful rendition commemorating such a tragic event in our history
A beautiful tribute this has moved me to tears.