{"id":1270,"date":"2022-12-26T16:01:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T00:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kathygrossman.com\/writing\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2022-12-26T16:02:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T00:02:05","slug":"merthyr-tydfill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathygrossman.com\/writing\/2022\/12\/merthyr-tydfill\/","title":{"rendered":"Merthyr Tydfill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Written about man at a Cardiff bus station as I was starting a bus trip through Wales, in 1978 with teacher colleague Mary Wagner.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, I see by your ticket that you\u2019re goin\u2019 up north<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What you wanna do that for?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For there\u2019s miners outta work, and it\u2019s sad so sad;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Misery behind each door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if you were to stay here in Cardiff Bay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many fine things to see:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s castle grounds and the docks at Barry Bay;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Merthyr\u2019s just a waste of your time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CHORUS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And it\u2019s sad so sad to this very day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s sad so sad on your holiday, on your holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, just up the road there\u2019s a bed and board<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Near the station if you follow the sign;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s the one with the English words painted out;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We speak Welsh up here most of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CHORUS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, I s\u2019pose that you\u2019ve heard of the riots that we had*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many long years ago;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the coal mining union and the company men;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My grandmother says there\u2019s nothin\u2019 to show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, one of these days I\u2019m gonna leave Cardiff Bay,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join my brother in Harlan County;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Merthyr is poor and tired and drunk;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I guess Merthyr\u2019s just a bit like me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CHORUS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* The Merthyr Rising, or Riots, of 1831, amid cries of <em>Caws a bara! <\/em>(Cheese and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">bread!) and <em>I lawr <\/em><em>\u00e2<\/em><em>\u2019r Brenin! <\/em>(Down with the King!). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written about man at a Cardiff bus station as I was starting a bus trip through Wales, in 1978 with teacher colleague Mary Wagner. Well, I see by your ticket that you\u2019re goin\u2019 up north What you wanna do that for? For there\u2019s miners outta work, and it\u2019s sad so sad; Misery behind each door. 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