Robin Jones wrote a song about Aberfan, slightly amended by Lol Lynch in the "Wench All," version, see notes below. "So much is given in money and toys. In tears they spade away the spoils, but they don't bring me back again, to sunshine, and to Aberfan And I was only a litle girl: one of three hundred in the school Who chalked and chanted, skipped and ran in sunshine and in Aberfan There's some who lived and many who died, when the colliery slag began to slide. The sunless, coal-black slurry ran. Two hundred buried in Aberfan Lend me my toys, and let me play Above the earth for another day. Let me see my school friends once again and say 'Goodbye' to Aberfan." Recorded by local Lancashire groups "Brillig," on a tape of the same name 22 years ago, and "Wench All" in 2003 on a CD "Ne'er a Penny 'o Money."
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