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Subject: Selar Hill From: GUEST,Huw Pudner Date: 28 Jun 07 - 04:15 PM SELAR HILL by Huw Pudner I walked a green mountain Forded a river Saw a fox running On sweet Selar Hill Heard a lark singing Above the old forest Then bulldozers roared And the birdsong was still. Saw machines breaking The bones of the mountain Strip the wild places Root trunk and branch They buried the streams Of crystal clear water And covered the slopes In a dust avalanche . chorus The sun's going down on the mountain Another oak tree is down They've poisoned the sweet,sweet fountain And the fox has gone to ground There are legions of lawyers Somewhere in the city Making mountains of money At our expense They've got banks and court judgements Hard men with barbed wire Protecting their profits But its making no sense Saw moonlight and starlight Shine down on the valley The valley of witches* And the asthma attack Heard the cry of a vixen Somewhere on the mountain And I tried to follow Along the old track This song is about open cast coal mining above Cwmgwrach in the Vale of Neath.The area has one of the highest rates of asthma in Wales and Cwmgwrach is a translation for the Valley of Witches.Local people and eco warriors came together in large numbers to oppose the open cast mining but the mining company has continued to tear out the guts of beatiful Selar Hill. |
Subject: RE: Selar Hill From: alanabit Date: 29 Jun 07 - 11:46 AM A sad story and a good lyric. Sadly this happens far too often. I recall a few years ago, when a bunch of hoods (very rich hoods) stole land from the locals around Frankfurt airport. The locals demonstrated for years, but the authorities had the police enforce their "right" to break the law. There have been some victories against the developers, but they are rare cases. To quote one writer, "Money doesn't talk - it swears". |
Subject: RE: Selar Hill From: GUEST,huw Date: 29 Jun 07 - 06:15 PM I thought i had posted the above song lyrics to the mudcat song archive ...where did i go wrong? Help!!!! huw |
Subject: RE: Selar Hill From: Malcolm Douglas Date: 29 Jun 07 - 06:58 PM You post a song lyric here, you post it to the Forum. Not the DT. If people could post songs (particularly their own) directly to the DT, it would quickly become unmanageable: the world's biggest vanity publisher. Songs may eventually be 'harvested' for the DT, or they may not. See the site FAQ for full details. A new song lyric without its music isn't terribly useful. Posting the music would add to its value as a resource. Again, see the FAQ for information on the most effective ways of doing this. |
Subject: RE: Selar Hill (Huw Pudner) From: sian, west wales Date: 30 Jun 07 - 11:43 AM Huw Pudner?! Now there's a name I haven't heard in many many years. Can't be two of you, can there? Did you once do some community arts promotion, back in the mid 1980s? sian |
Subject: RE: Selar Hill (Huw Pudner) From: Skipper Jack Date: 30 Jun 07 - 03:22 PM Hello Huw, Congratulations on the song "Selar Hill" It has great lyrics. Do you have the tune to the song? As skipper of Baggyrinkle we would love to include it in our repertoire. Regards, Dave Robinson. |
Subject: RE: Selar Hill (Huw Pudner) From: GUEST,huw Date: 01 Jul 07 - 09:07 AM Reply to Sian Yes ,I am that man! And have always loved traditional music even when I was a volunteer with my local community arts group in my home village near Swansea. Reply to Dave Yes I do have a tune which I will get to you directly ! Huw |
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