Sang the silver bells of Wye And what will you give me? Say the grim bells of Blaina Put the vandals in court Say the bells of Newport All would be well if, if, if, if Say the green bells of Cardiff Why so worried sisters? Oh what can you give me? Say the brown bells of Merthyr Who made the mine owner? The lyrics to the song were drawn from part of Davies' poetic work Gwalia Deserta, which was first published in 1938. / Say the black bells of

... Oh, what will you give me, say the sad bells of Rhymney, Is there hope for the future, say the brown bells of Merthyr, Who made the mine owner, say the black bells of Rhonda, And who killed the miner, say the grim bells of Blaina. Say the black bells of Rhondda And who killed the miner? Say the grim bells of Blaina.

/ Cry the brown bells of Merthyr / Who made the mine owner? Say the brown bells of Merthyr Who made the mine owner? But if it wasn’t for American folk singer, Pete Seeger, the haunting lyrics to Bells of Rhymney would have remained an obscure poem by a Welsh miner turned poet called Idris Davies. Say the sad bells of Rhymney Is there hope for the future? / Say the sad bells of Rhymney / Is there hope for the future? Say the sad bells of Rhymney Oh What will you give me? The lyrics to the song were drawn from part of Davies' poetic work Gwalia Deserta, which was first published in 1938. Throw the vandals in court Say the bells of Newport All will be well if, if, if, if, if Say the green bells of Cardiff Why so worried sisters? Say the sad bells of Rhymney Is there hope for the future? Bells Of Rhymney Lyrics: Oh what will you give me? Cry the brown bells of Merthyr Who made the mine owner?

Say the bells of Newport All would be well if, if, if, if Say the green bells of Cardiff Why so worried sisters?

Why? "The Bells of Rhymney" is a song first recorded by folk singer Pete Seeger, which consists of Seeger's own music and words written by Welsh poet Idris Davies. Composition. Say the sad bells of Rhymney Is there hope for the future? Say the sad bells of Rhymney Is there hope for the future? In addition to Rhymney, the poem also refers to the bells of a number of other places in South Wales, including Merthyr, Rhondda, Blaina, Caerphilly, Neath, Brecon, Swansea, Newport, Cardiff, a… Idris Davies: The Bells of Rhymney It’s best known as that jingly jangly song by The Byrds and has become a folk rock standard, recorded hundreds of times by everyone from Cher to The Alarm. Say the black bells of Rhonda And who robbed the miner? The work was inspired by a local coal mining disaster and by the failure of the 1926 General Strike, with the "Bells of Rhymney" stanzas following the pattern of the nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons". Say the black bells of Rhondda And who killed the miner? Why? Why?

Say the brown bells of Merthyr Who made the mine owner? The Bells Of Rhymney Lyrics .