A Conversation for Cwm Rhondda: The unofficial Welsh National Anthem
Oh my darling Clementine
Cheerful Dragon Started conversation Feb 16, 2005
My dad used to sing 'Oh my darling Clementine' to Cwm Rhondda. It does fit, but you have to 'lose' part of the chorus. Try it if you don't believe me:
In a cavern, in a canyon
Excavating for a mine
Lived a miner, 49er
And his daughter Clementine.
Oh my darling, oh my darling,
Oh my darling Clementine.
Dreadful sorry, Clementine.
(The chorus should be:
Oh my darling, oh my darling
Oh my darling Clementine.
Thou art lost and gone forever.
Dreadful sorry Clementine)
Oh my darling Clementine
Felonious Monk - h2g2s very own Bogeyman Posted Feb 18, 2005
Yes, it does work. Try 'While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night' to the tune of 'On Ilkley Moor Ba-tat'.
Oh my darling Clementine
Cheerful Dragon Posted Feb 19, 2005
That's my favourite version of that carol. Hubby and I bought a tape of Christmas carols some years ago, and that was on it. It took us by surprise at first, but it does work and sounds great.
Oh my darling Clementine
lordllinos Posted Apr 27, 2007
I am making a series of programmes for BBC Radio 4 with Bryn Terfel about iconic Welsh songs and would love to hear from anyone who might like to contribute. If you have any thoughts, views, or stories about either Myfannwy, Cwm Rhondda or Sospan Fach - and wouldn't mind me visiting you with a microphone for 10 minutes!- then please get in touch.
My number is 02920 167118
Thanks
Llinos Jones
Oh my darling Clementine
Felonious Monk - h2g2s very own Bogeyman Posted Apr 27, 2007
Does that mean you want to use my material on Cwm Rhondda?
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