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"The Bells of Rhymney" is a song by the folk singer Pete Seeger, which consists of Seeger's own music accompanying words written by the Welsh poet Idris Davies. Seeger first released a recording of the song on a live album in 1958, but it is the American folk rock band the Byrds ' 1965 recording that is the best known version of the song.
The Rhymney Valley in South Wales Memorial plaque (in English and Welsh), Victoria Road, Rhymney. Davies was born at 16 Field Street, Rhymney, Monmouthshire, the Welsh-speaking son of colliery chief winderman (mine lift operator) Evan Davies and his wife Elizabeth Ann. [1] He learned English at school. [2]
Say the bells of St. Giles’. Halfpence and farthings, Say the bells of St. Martin's. Oranges and lemons, Say the bells of St. Clement's. Pancakes and fritters, Say the bells of St. Peter's. Two sticks and an apple, Say the bells at Whitechapel. Pokers and tongs, Say the bells at St. John's. Kettles and pans, Say the bells at St. Ann's.
Rhymney is known to many outside Wales due to folk singer Pete Seeger's song "The Bells of Rhymney". [12] The lyrics to the song are drawn from a poem by Idris Davies , and the poem was first published in Davies' 1938 anthology Gwalia Deserta . [ 12 ]
[61] [64] The album mixed reworkings of folk songs, including Pete Seeger's musical adaptation of the Idris Davies' poem "The Bells of Rhymney", with a number of other Dylan covers and the band's own compositions, the majority of which were written by Clark.
The Almanac Singers was an American New York City-based folk music group, active between 1940 and 1943, founded by Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, and were joined by Woody Guthrie.
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