The Welsh National Anthem.
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The Welsh Dragon.
Flag of Wales.
Illustration: DINO
Paragraph from: DAFFODIL CAPITAL OF WALES - PRIFDDINAS CENNIN PEDR CYMRU
In Wales, the Daffodil is a symbol of The Patron Saint, David (Welsh: Dewi Sant), and
of rebirth and faithfulness, because they bloom every year, even after the harshest Winters.
Illustration: PINTEREST
The Welsh National Anthem,
just before Wales beat England 30-3,
Saturday, 16 March 2013.
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The Welsh National Anthem.
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Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau is the Welsh National Anthem.
The tune and words were the work of
the father and son team of Evan James (1809 - 1878)
and James James (1833 - 1902).
Cymraeg:
Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi
Gwlad beirdd a chantorion enwogion o fri
Ei gwrol ryfelwr, gwlad garwyr tra mad
Tros ryddid collasant eu gwaed.
Gwlad Gwlad,
Pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad,
Tra mor yn fur i'r bur hoff bau
O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau
English:
Land of my Fathers, O land of the free,
A land of poets and minstrels, famed men.
Her brave warriors, patriots much blessed,
It was for freedom that they lost their blood.
Wales ! Wales !,
I am devoted to my Country.
So long as the sea is a wall to this fair beautiful land,
May the ancient language remain.
Cymraeg: Baner Dewi Sant.
English: Flag of Saint David.
Image: August 2006.
Source: Altered from Image:Flag of Cornwall.svg.
Author: User:Stemonitis.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Saint David's Day.
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Saint David's Day is on 1 March. He brought Christianity to Wales in the 6th-Century A.D.
Saint David (Dewi Sant) is The Patron Saint of Wales and 1 March is The Welsh National Day.
This is an edited version of 'Songs of Praise' 24/02/2013.
The final song is sung by Rhys Meirion, in Welsh, accompanied by a Traditional Welsh Harp.
The Welsh name for the City of Saint David is Tyddewi.
Cymraeg: Darlun o Ddewi Sant ar ffenestr lliw yng Nghapel
Coleg yr Iesu,
Rhydychen. 19eg ganrif hwyr.
English: Late-19th-Century Stained-Glass Window
in Jesus College Chapel,
Oxford, England,
depicting Saint David.
Photo: June 2006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Casper Gutman.
(Wikimedia Commons)
HAPUS DYDD GWYL DEWI.
HAPPY SAINT DAVID'S DAY.
The Welsh Flag.
Illustration: WALES ONLINE
The Treorchy Male Voice Choir
singing "Sanctus",
Saint David's Day, 1989.
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And, as a Saint David's Day Bonus to all Welshmen,
watch "The Greatest Rugby Try Ever Scored"
(The Barbarians versus The All Blacks).
Scored, naturally, by a Welshman.
Watch, below.
"The Greatest Rugby Try Ever Scored".
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