It appears that we have the incorrect lyrics and are lacking attribution of this song in the digital tradition. I'm going to copy comments from a personal message and other threads and paste them here, and maybe we can come up with an agreed-upon version of the song.
Thanks.
-Joe Offer-
Joe,Sorry for sending a personal message but I'm not too sure as to the best way to correct lyrics i the database.
The song is Farewell to the Rhondda
REF @mining @work filename[ FRWHLRHND WH Apr98
The last verse is
Treherbert and Treorchy, Tonypandy and Tynewydd
Ystradrhondda and Tonpentre, all adeiu
For I can no longer wait
While Parliament debates
So a fond farewell I bid to all of you!
thanks, [name deleted]
I actually heard The Hennesseys singing this song in Treorchy (South Wales) in 1966.
Thread #23366 Message #261863
Posted By: Snuffy
20-Jul-00 - 07:55 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Tunes for songs
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Tunes for songs
May I correct some of the names in the version of "Farewell to the Rhondda" in the DT, which may pose difficulties for those not familiar with Wales? The mining villages mentioned in the last verse should be:
Treherbert and Treorchy, Tonypandy and Tynewydd,
Ystrad Rhondda and Ton Pentre, all adieu
Also in the first verse, the axe was wielded by Alfred Robens (later Lord Robens). He had been a minister in the post-WWII Labour government, but was later appointed chairman of the National Coal Board by the Conservative government, and oversaw a major programme of pit closures.
^^ BTW: on the recording I have, Mick Moloney definitely sings Robbins, not Robens
Wassail! V
Thread #30931 Message #399805
Posted By: MARINER
16-Feb-01 - 08:23 PM
Thread Name: Gobbledegook
Subject: Gobbledegook lyrics in database^^
I've just looked up "Farewell to the Rhondda" in the lyrics database and the lyrics given are gobbledegook, particularly the second version. "Farewll" was written by Frank Hennessy, a friend of mine, sometime in the 1960's and is one of my favourite songs and it annoys me to find such a load of nonsense posing as the lyrics.Has anyone else discovered the same with any of their favourites??. The tune in the Midi section is a bit "iffy" as well, almost but not quite, right. ^^