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%abc-2.1 X:1 T:The Bells Of Rhymney Z:Webmaster C:Pete Seeger - music C:Idris Davies - words M:2/4 L:1/4 Q:1/4=100 K:Bb P:verses 1, 2 z (B,/2 D/2) | (3 F/2F/2F/2 G/2(F/2 | F/2) z/2 F/2F/2 | E D/2D/2 | C B, | w:Oh - what will you give me? -Say the sad bells of Rhym-ney z (3z/2D/2A/2 | (3B/2B/2c/2 B/2(B/2 | B) z/2 B/4B/4 | _A G/2G/2 | F/2 F3/2 | w:Is there hope for the fu-ture - Cry the brown bells of Mer-thyr z2 | (3B/2B/2B/2 (3c/2B/2(B/2 | B) z/2 B/4B/4 | _A (3(G/2G/2)G/2 | F/2 F3/2 | w:Who made the mine ow-ner - Say the black bells - of Rhon-dda z B,/2D/2 | (3F/2F/2F/2 G/2(F/2 | F/2) z/2 F/2F/2 | E D/2D/2 | C (B, | B,2) | w:And - who robbed the min-er - Cry the grim bells of Blai-na P:verse 3 z (3z/2B,/2D/2 | (3F/2F/2G/2 F | z F/2F/2 | E D | C B, | w:Throw the van-dals in court say the bells of New-port z (3B,/2D/2A/2 | (3B/2B/2B/2 (3B/2B/2B/2 | B (3z/2B/2B/2 | _A G/2G/2 | G/2 F3/2 | w:All will be well if if if if if say the green bells of Car-diff Why z D/2F/2 | d/2B/2 B/4c3/4 | (d/4B3/4) B/2c/2 | (d/2c/2) (B/2c/2) | w:so wor-ried sis-ter why? sang - the sil-ver bells of Wye (d/4B3/4) z | z (B,/2D/2) | (3F/2F/2F/2 G | F (3z/2F/2F/2 | E (3(E/2E/2)D/2 | C (B, | B,2) || w:And - what - will you give me say the sad bells of - Rhym-ney % W:1 W:Oh what will you give me? W:Say the sad bells of Rhymney W:Is there hope for the future? W:Cry the brown bells of Merthyr W:Who made the mine owner? W:Say the black bells of Rhondda W:And who robbed the miner? W:Cry the grim bells of Blaina W: W:2 W:They will plunder will-nilly W:Cry the bells of Caerphilly W:They have fangs, they have teeth W:Shout the loud bells of Neath W:Even God is uneasy W:Say the moist bells of Swansea W:And what will you give me? W:Say the sad bells of Rhymney W: W:3 W:Throw the vandals in court W:Say the bells of Newport W:All will be well if, if, if W:Cry the green bells of Cardiff W:Why so worried, sisters why? W:Sang the silver bells of Wye W:And what will you give me? W:Say the sad bells of Rhymney
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Song by
Pete Seeger
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Idris Davies
Folk song references:
Roud-13190