"999 whats your emergency?" "I'm having a heart attack" "where are you?" *realizes I'm in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch* "nevermind"
Blackadder: Have you ever been to Wales, Baldrick? Baldrick: No, but I often thought I'd like to. Blackadder: Well, don't, It's a ghastly place. Huge gangs of tough, sinewy men roam the Valleys, terrorizing people with their close-harmony singing.
@@llewelynthomas7086 indeed. Welsh is considerably more correct in pretty much every aspect of a Language. Pronunciation, Syntax, Vowels, Vowel Occurrence, etc. Its far further along its evolutionary path as a Language than English. Which we can let them of with as ofcourse they were some what illiterate when they begged the Britons to create 1. Their language using Latin and Brythonic influences mixed with Saxon Runic grammar and Syntax. And 2. The creation of Their first College's
...alternative history... ...what if...? ...what if during the 'Great-Game'-era they've joined forces and a combined British-Zulu-Ghurka-Maori-unit gave the Russians - if they were stupid enough to stir trouble - a good run for their money...?
You mean low paid Welsh soldiers helping England invade Native land around the world using brutal violence? Yes A terrible stain on Welsh history but one we must be humble enough to admit. Cymru rydd, Cymru am byth
There are two ways you can receive Welsh citizenship 1. Go through the proper paper work, take the tests and wait a few years to show your loyalty and be accepted. 2. Sing "Men of Harlech" before battle against overwhelming odds.
as an Irishman I have to say the Welsh have the best ballads, best fans for singing at a match and best national anthem. Irish foldksongs are better though, the dubliners etc,
@@ryanskyrme4664 The greatest pirates came from Wales. Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts, and Captain Henry Morgan (Captain Morgan's Rum) were Welshmen.
To be fair, the current Welsh flag is more similar to the standards of England and Scotland, whilst the cross of Saint David is more similar to those of Saint George and Andrew, the flags of England and Scotland
Just to mention about this song. Man of Harlech was originally written about the seven years war during a siege of a castle called Harlech and yeah it’s all history from there.
Its from the war of the roses when i believe the Lancastrians held out for almost the entire war at Harlech castle under siege from the Yorkists. A 7 year seige.
@@samlosco8441 Try Estonian. It's most closely related to Finnish, but it has elements from Russian and Swedish, thanks to long lasting occupations by both, so it's just a clusterfuck of a language
I loved singing this in our music classes in secondary school in the mid-1970s - it was magical and much better than the British Grenadiers which we also sang. Still brings an aura tingling to my scalp listening to it.
@@denisshtanko3065 It all depended on the school and the teachers - there was no fixed curriculum back in the 1970s. I almost forgot until just before I posted this to you that YES of course we sang Rule Britannia as well. "When Britain first, at Heaven's Command.... Arose from out the azure main...[it is coming back to me]. I can't remember any other nationalistic songs in the Music lessons - just old classics such as the US song Shenandoah. In fact apart from these songs I can't remember any more as they probably were not so memorable. In the school assemblies at my first primary and secondary school they would sing Blake's poem Jerusalem which someone had set to music and later became an English Nationalistic song later on.
American born and bred. Ancestor came here and stayed in Virginia in 1621. So proud of my English, Scot, Irish, and Welsh kin. Felt like I belonged there during a trip in 2014
When as a kid in primary school once a week the BBC broadcast a singing programme especially for schools & this rousing song was one we learnt over 60 years ago!
Bbc was imposed on us by England.... I remember the BBC getting the law to arrest some men in my Carmarthenshire village in the 1940s for setting up Welsh language radio ....very dark time until the 1970s....lots of anti Welsh laws
@@leglz3102 we did the same thing in my welsh school we did many welsh national songs like canon lan and welsh bread of heaven it's pretty common here in Wales no wonder we called the land of song
@@penderyn8794 I hope Wales can one day be independent like over here in Ireland, I admire how many people in Wales actually know their own language unlike how apathetic people are towards Gaeilge here
@@penderyn8794the song is about resisting the norman invasion, which both the English and welsh suffered . But I am guessing you're not very educated??
😢😢 Welshman, and security director Cyril Richard Rescorla sang this through a megaphone as he led his Morgan Stanley Dean Witter colleagues down to safety during the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on 2001-Sep--11
Welsh people (Cymro) are the native Brythonic inhabitants of Britain, Cymro include the modern day Welsh, Cornish, Cumbric and Bretons. The term Welsh came from Anglo-Saxon invaders and stems from the term "Wehl" which meant Stranger/foreigner/Brythonic slave similarly Wales comes from "Wehlas" meaning Land of foreigners/strangers/Brythonic slaves. The term "Cymro" is used when referring to Brythonic people as it means "fellow countryman" similarly Wales is called Cymru in Welsh which means "Land of fellow coutrymen". After the Romans pulled out of Britain the Brythonic peoples had about 1000 years of constant conflict against Gaels, Picts, Anglo-Saxons, Normans and Danes (Gaels, Picts and Danes raided the Welsh coast for a time) The Anglo-Saxons pushed the Brythonic peoples West during their invasion some migrated to Northern France in a place that is now called "Brittany" many others just settled in Wales and Cornwall, Wales consisted of many Brythonic Kindoms but in my opinion the most important two were Gwynedd (where the red dragon on green field originates from) and Deheubarth (responsible for creating Welsh law and defending Wales from the Norman invasion until the sons of Gwynedd attacked them). As a direct result of this conflict Wales has numerous battlefields and castles (look for a map of the castles within Wales). England in Welsh is "Lloegr" which means "the lost lands" similarly Northern England is called "Yr hen ogledd" which means "The Old North" In the 13th century the English occupied Wales, built some castles to keep them down and brought in immigrants to replace the Welsh peasantry in an attempt to make the area loyal to England, despite this Welsh people continued to fight them throughout the 14th century through various revolts but namely a man named Owain Lawgoch (Owain the red hand) had been preparing an invasion to retake Wales after raising an army of Castillians, the English however sent an assassin to befriend and kill murder him. In the Late 14th century - early 15th century another man named Owain Glyndwr started a largely successful uprsising in which various Cymro returned to Wales to aid in the fighting, the French king also sent some knights to aid in the conflict. The uprising ultimately failed as the French king went mad and the French knights were recalled to France and most of the Experienced Welsh fighters had been killed the uprising ended with the English cutting off supply routes and taking Harlech caste, despite this Owain continued to raid English settlements but this was on a far lesser scale. After Henry Tudor (whos father was born to an English queen after a Welsh noble impregnated her) became king by slaying King Richard III many Welsh people saw him as a Welsh king and the revolts ceased to exist, Henry had intended to keep England and Wales seperate, however, after his death his son Henry VIII wanted central control so abolished Welsh law and created "the laws of England and Wales" Thats some Welsh History for you
You don't have to be a Welsh nationalist to be roused by this song. The tempo, cadence and words speak to an underlying feeling we all have towards protecting our homes and communities.
List of Wars involving the Welsh Roman Conquest of Wales 48-78ce Saxon Settlement on Britain 452-1066 Conquests of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn to unify Wales 1039-1055 Norman Invasion of Wales 1067-1102 Welsh Uprising of 1116 Great Welsh Revolt of 1136 First Anglo Welsh War 1157-1165 1211 English Invasion of Wales Welsh Uprising of 1215 Second Anglo Welsh War 1225-1235 Third Anglo Welsh War 1257-1267 Fourth Anglo Welsh War 1275-1277 English Conquest of Wales 1282-1284 Welsh Uprising of 1287-1288 Welsh Revolt 1294-1295 Welsh Uprising of 1316 Welsh War of Independance or Glyndwr Rising 1400-1415 list of wars where Welsh Soldiers Fought in on the side of Great Britain Hundred years War 1337-1453 Wars of the Roses 1455-1487 English Civil War 1642-1651 Williamite War in Ireland ( Welsh troops where sent to Fight the Jacobites in Ireland Nine Years War War of the Spanish Succession ( Welsh Troops sent to fight the Spanish and the French in Europe and North America ) War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years War American War of Independance French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars Crimean War ( Many Welshmen fought along side the British Empire and their Allies against Russia ) Second China War ( the Royal Welsh Fusuliers where sent to Fight the Chinese Forces under the Manchu led Qing Dynasty ( another Nation with a cool Dragon ) Indian Rebellion of 1857 Third Anglo Burmese War Zulu War (where this song is sang in in a slightly different Version ) Boxer Rebellion the First and Second World War ( many Welshmen Fought and Died in those two Brutal Wars ) the Troubles in Ireland Yugoslav Wars there where many others but forgot the British Army had alot of Welshmen in the Army
@@themanhimself1229 ye but it's a shame most Welshmen and Irishmen are apathetic about using the language of their longtime oppressors. Everyone is a colony of America too anyway
All these welsh songs make me think of highchool lollllll, I was always put at the front to sing but sank to the back everytime much to the anger of my welsh teachers lmao
Damn . . . I used to have to sing this hymn at boarding school in England in the late 60s and early 70s. This and that damn song "And did those feet in ancient time" and half a dozen others I'd remember if they played them back to me. I remember this tune but I sure don't remember the lyrics . . . I think they must have had a simplified version to give the kids to sing. Thanks for the time machine . . .55 years is a long, long time.
@@AngloAus That's right! That was one of the few that I actually *loved* singing. That and "Those in peril on the sea" . . . again, I forget the title.
@@AngloAus Hehe That doesn't ring any bells but I'm sure I knew those words by heart at one point or another. Considering we had to sing hymns not once but TWICE a day, EVERY day, appearance mandatory (well, pretty much *nothing* was optional in our lives back then). But I remember that at least during hymns I was able to practice my "descants"-I guess they'd be called "harmonies" nowadays. That would come in useful when I joined a band.
@@thefrenchareharlequins2743 150Ad - 650ad The British (Welsh) Royal House of Bran. Of which many Western Roman empires were a part of. Its founder was Caratacus in 37ad and its last member was Owain Glyndwr in 1415. The members include Linus, St.Elen, Constantine the Great, Arthur 1 and 2, St.David, St.Patrick, Hywel Dda, Princess Nest, Rhodri Mawr. Modern Descendants included Jfk and Princess Diana.
What’s wrong with Zulu references? It was a marching song of the British army at the time of the Anglo-Zulu war and before then. It’s historically accurate so what’s the problem?
@@ieatmice751 you've just answered your own Questions. The Scots, Irish and Welsh who fought alongside the English aren't Anglo!!! But are past of as such. There are doubts the English even are.
@@alynwillams4297 Yes we are, it is a fact lol, an independent Wales idea is more dumb than an independent Scotland. What industry would Wales have alone? Most industry is in England second Scotland.
@@teancrumpets1494 Wales has a GDP of £77.5 Billion and this is before we even look at starting to charge England for electricity and water, as they receive it from Wales free of charge. Not to mention the £1 billion a year it would save from not having to invest in nuclear weapons and the £3 billion it would save from not having to invest in Englands vanity project which is Hs2. Wales main industries are Agriculture, aerospace, construction, electronics, emergency services, food, forestry, manufacturing, oil and gas, renewable energy, services, textiles, tourism, transport. Wales Exports Aerospace systems, business and financial services, cereals, chemical products, dairy products, electricity, electronics, iron and steel, machinery, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, plastics, renewable energy, road vehicles, textiles, timber, water. Wales as an independent country would survive and thrive. There are smaller country’s in Europe and the rest of the world than Wales that are doing just fine.
@@alynwillams4297 Damn you've really convinced yourself about an independent Wales lol, facts are simple though we are stronger together, hence most of the world speaks English, I really do love Wales and the UK though, as much as you will dislike what I've just said tis but a fact
"999 whats your emergency?"
"I'm having a heart attack"
"where are you?"
*realizes I'm in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch*
"nevermind"
Lmao
Just say Llanfair mate
@@dex4836 They shouldn't, this is culture, lol.
@@malcolmong5488 but wheres the fun in that?
@@emonlevircni4617 it's not culture lol, the name was deliberately made to be long and a tourist attraction
“You think the Welsh can’t do better than that, Owen?”
Welsh: “Dal fy nghwrw...”
Da Iawn cymraeg dda
Doniol iawn ! ( Ond mae'n gas da fi treigladau !) Cymru am byth. 🏴❤
Treiglad trwynol ar ol fy
@@end8316 Diolch ( ond mae treigladau yn ofnadwy)😀🏴❤
@@RRTNZ ah, chwarae teg, peidiwch a poeni 😁
Blackadder: Have you ever been to Wales, Baldrick?
Baldrick: No, but I often thought I'd like to.
Blackadder: Well, don't, It's a ghastly place. Huge gangs of tough, sinewy men roam the Valleys, terrorizing people with their close-harmony singing.
You need half a pint of phlegm in your throat just to pronounce any given place name!
@@thefrenchareharlequins2743 ignorant comment considering your language
@@llewelynthomas7086 mae e’n dwp
@@llewelynthomas7086 Sadly revealing of your own ignorance - the line is also from 'Blackadder'.
@@llewelynthomas7086 indeed. Welsh is considerably more correct in pretty much every aspect of a Language. Pronunciation, Syntax, Vowels, Vowel Occurrence, etc. Its far further along its evolutionary path as a Language than English. Which we can let them of with as ofcourse they were some what illiterate when they begged the Britons to create 1. Their language using Latin and Brythonic influences mixed with Saxon Runic grammar and Syntax. And 2. The creation of Their first College's
I feel like there’s gonna be a lot of Zulu references
Don’t worry, way ahead of you
Thousands of them
...alternative history...
...what if...?
...what if during the 'Great-Game'-era they've joined forces and a combined British-Zulu-Ghurka-Maori-unit gave the Russians - if they were stupid enough to stir trouble - a good run for their money...?
Because we're here, lad
You mean low paid Welsh soldiers helping England invade Native land around the world using brutal violence?
Yes A terrible stain on Welsh history but one we must be humble enough to admit.
Cymru rydd, Cymru am byth
R.I.P. the dragon in Welsh flag who died for head missing
@Yu Hin TAM don't need a tail only the head would to
Wales is made up of Dragons.
@Yu Hin TAM RHODESIA
@@vijaysura2874 being welsh I can confirm this our country is made up of dragons and sheep don't forget the sheep
@@ryanskyrme4664 How could I forget my Wife
There are two ways you can receive Welsh citizenship
1. Go through the proper paper work, take the tests and wait a few years to show your loyalty and be accepted.
2. Sing "Men of Harlech" before battle against overwhelming odds.
Or 3: Get a sheep.
Or 4. Purchase a longbow
@@fishnujish1511 I think it takes a bit more than owning a sheep...
There's no Welsh citizenship mate.
@@Jim63071 tis a joke
Welp. Looks like the dragon's head got chopped off on the flag map.
lmao
it got beheaded by the earth being 70% water
St George at it again
Looks like the dragon got left of the union jack too.
@@vasjrgatsis13 the tutors are welsh so I don't think he would do that
My grandfather chose this for the opening to his funeral. What a legend, great song to pick.🏴🏴🏴
W grandad mate
W grandad mate
W granddad mate
Rest in peace 🕊️
W grandad mate
Ireland, Scotland, and England: "We Have The Best Folk Music!"
Wales: *"Hold My Rum."*
as an Irishman I have to say the Welsh have the best ballads, best fans for singing at a match and best national anthem. Irish foldksongs are better though, the dubliners etc,
All in one country, bloody bargin
I'm welsh but as far as I'm aware we're more known for ale than Rum
@@ryanskyrme4664 The greatest pirates came from Wales.
Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts, and Captain Henry Morgan (Captain Morgan's Rum) were Welshmen.
@@mumflrpumble9107 *ahem!* Ireland isn't in the UK
As an Englishman I'd be lying if I said Wales didn't have the coolest flag of the union
They have the coolest flag ever. Hey America! Sure your flag has stars but does it have a frickin' dragon?
no bhutan has the coolest flag, this just a celtic dragon thats a thunder dragon!!
To be fair, the current Welsh flag is more similar to the standards of England and Scotland, whilst the cross of Saint David is more similar to those of Saint George and Andrew, the flags of England and Scotland
@@Aron-ru5zk but its a thunder dragon not a normal one!!
Like the Western Bhutan
God bless Wales ! From Brittany !
And may he bless us all!
Sts. Padarn and Patrick pray for the Celtic brothers 🙏 ☦
Thank you some global recognition
The celts shall rise again!
Free Brittany
Always reminds me of the film Zulu
It'd be a funny anthem song for 2021 lions tour?
@@dyfedthomas6511 Not funny.. it would be terrifying for the opposition ;)
@Dyfed Thomas ...needless...they won without singing...! :-(
...anyway... ;-)
...congratulations from Germany...!
And also reminds me of the Roblox game "Zulu War Defence" (now called Zulu, yeah, just that.)
@@blocksblox8566 Zulu wars?
This channel always has a version I’ve never heard before
A better version
@@Daf1400s You're name is very Welsh looking. 🥰✌
@@imme6954 probably because I'm Welsh
@@Daf1400s lmao
@@Daf1400s always fascinates me how the English take a song to theirs hearts which is about killing them and gaining freedom from the saxons.
Just to mention about this song.
Man of Harlech was originally written about the seven years war during a siege of a castle called Harlech and yeah it’s all history from there.
Its from the war of the roses when i believe the Lancastrians held out for almost the entire war at Harlech castle under siege from the Yorkists. A 7 year seige.
@@okand2960 men of harlech I think is based of a welsh folk song but I know bugger all about this
@@Uaeboravisma Owain Glyndwr holding Harlech against the English ie Saxons in this song
I went there yesterday
Harlech castle was not a host of any battle during the 7 years war
Because we're here lad, and nobody else, just us
Probably the fairest movie in terms of representation of native Africans in the 60s
While serving in iraq in 2009 me and a few fellow soldiers of mine in the welsh regiment sang this song, a very lovely song.
Thank you for your service.
Ewww what were you doing there
@@CaptainCobbler Dude what the fuck?
@@CaptainCobblerstopping IS gaining power
@@CaptainCobbler probably with the military, i should think!
Greetings from Ireland! 🇮🇪🏴
Same
🇬🇧
Greeting from America! 🇺🇲
@@AngloAus 🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧
greetings from ingland
There's lovely boyo..
3 Welshmen ...you've got a choir.
6 you've got an orchestra.
God bless the brave men
I absolutely love Welsh language
Even though it sounds like someone choking on potato mash
@@fishnujish1511 sounds better than most languages tbh
@@rennor3498 no one thinks that lol
@@samlosco8441 Try Estonian. It's most closely related to Finnish, but it has elements from Russian and Swedish, thanks to long lasting occupations by both, so it's just a clusterfuck of a language
@@rennor3498 what is it then?
CYMRU AM BYTH!
😈Yes😈
🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Not a clue what you said but I bet it was something cool 🇬🇧🏴
@@taxfraud5673 they said wales forever
Nice hills, sheep, and culture. Long live Wales 🇬🇧🏴
I loved singing this in our music classes in secondary school in the mid-1970s - it was magical and much better than the British Grenadiers which we also sang. Still brings an aura tingling to my scalp listening to it.
Your name is Indian???
@@seronymus Yes, but I have lived in England since 1967 when I was 2.
@@sutapasbhattacharya9471 long live the commonwealth, with love from india
Hello. could you tell me what other national songs were taught at that time in an English school?
@@denisshtanko3065 It all depended on the school and the teachers - there was no fixed curriculum back in the 1970s. I almost forgot until just before I posted this to you that YES of course we sang Rule Britannia as well. "When Britain first, at Heaven's Command.... Arose from out the azure main...[it is coming back to me].
I can't remember any other nationalistic songs in the Music lessons - just old classics such as the US song Shenandoah. In fact apart from these songs I can't remember any more as they probably were not so memorable.
In the school assemblies at my first primary and secondary school they would sing Blake's poem Jerusalem which someone had set to music and later became an English Nationalistic song later on.
The Virgin Union Jack
Or
The Chad Welsh Dragon
@Sakkra101 which of course Comes from welsh Celtic traditions. ;)
He’s too chad to be on the Union Jack
Welsh songs go the hardest. Love from the USA
I'm American and yet this song is still speaking to me.
It’s speaking to you you must be the president one day and invade Uk and make everyone independent but keep burning England cause there trash
Tbf some of the founding fathers of the USA were welsh so
Actually quite a lot of them.
Possibly including Lincoln.
Bra musik En kram från Sverige
🇸🇪❤🏴
2 epic cultures 💪🏼
Translate said wales was England.
Due to my job i have to live in England, I miss Wales every day and will be coming back as soon as I can, Cymru am byth!
This song make me feel proud to be welsh😁🏴
I hear it at the diff games alot
American born and bred. Ancestor came here and stayed in Virginia in 1621. So proud of my English, Scot, Irish, and Welsh kin. Felt like I belonged there during a trip in 2014
You're welcome here butty.
Butty is welsh slang for freind.
@@Uaeboravisma or a sandwich
It’s Beautiful. I have no words.
Proud to be welsh 🏴
Too many English imperialists in the comments think this song is pro-English nationalism 🤣😑😑😑
@@penderyn8794 shut it, I'm English and I love this song, I recognise it's a Welsh song lol, and I love Wales aswell as England
Shwmae 🏴
May I ask you for a test of this song in Welsh?
*prepares Martini-Henry rifle*
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When you're in south Africa and hears spears clashing against shields
When as a kid in primary school once a week the BBC broadcast a singing programme especially for schools & this rousing song was one we learnt over 60 years ago!
Bbc was imposed on us by England.... I remember the BBC getting the law to arrest some men in my Carmarthenshire village in the 1940s for setting up Welsh language radio ....very dark time until the 1970s....lots of anti Welsh laws
I remember learning this in school my old teacher played piano we would sing various welsh songs
thats a cool teacher
@@leglz3102 we did the same thing in my welsh school we did many welsh national songs like canon lan and welsh bread of heaven it's pretty common here in Wales no wonder we called the land of song
I first heard thr song in “zulu”movie
I did too
When the Saxon, Norman and English bullies try to nick your pencil case:
Don't forget the Roman and Norse. Yet the Britons are Still here, and always will be.
Cymru am byth ! ! Kembre da vizviken ! Hen Gwlad ar Vrezhoned ! Hen Wlad y Bhrythonaidd ! !
As a person with Welsh heritage, this hits me in a way I can't describe.
Welsh sounds super epic!
Here's my cat impression: Ll.
Long live Great Britain 🇬🇧 🏴 and long live the Celts
Great Britain was here long before England made the UK state.
The song is about Wales fighting your uk london version of Britain
@@penderyn8794 I hope Wales can one day be independent like over here in Ireland, I admire how many people in Wales actually know their own language unlike how apathetic people are towards Gaeilge here
England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales......who could stop us?
@@penderyn8794the song is about resisting the norman invasion, which both the English and welsh suffered .
But I am guessing you're not very educated??
@@cash4gold697majority of welsh want to stay in the uk
I tried to play this song in speed x1.25 and it was pretty nice to listen to.
You can try it too if you want.
Tried it, it's great
Agreed
Favourite scene in Zulu and a brilliant patriotic Welsh song.
This is the better version of that shite in Zulu
@@Daf1400s Aye, this isn't bad
I live in wales..... can you do the song 'Calon Lan'?
😢😢 Welshman, and security director Cyril Richard Rescorla sang this through a megaphone as he led his Morgan Stanley Dean Witter colleagues down to safety during the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on 2001-Sep--11
He sang an adapted version about his homeland of Cornwall and we have a memorial to him in Hayle - a true hero
I've heard so many different versions of this song and I love them all.
This is the version.
It was always about Wales resisting English invasion
@@penderyn8794 There are multiple versions describing the same thing.
King Arthur forever! Long live the spirit of our Romano-Briton forebears.
Arthurian rules!!!!! Cymru am byth
I love the smells of burning Zulu in the morning, it smells victory
Ychafi
Beautiful and powerful song
Theres like 3 completely different variations around. Hope you post all of them.
Ironic how a Welsh patriotic song about fighting the English is mostly sung in English.
Reapect your words that is why i say use ur mother tongue
Jodofe thats cool u said that is why i say use ur mother language
This is the English version of the song 🤦♂️
This song is originally in Welsh
Cachu bant
I am part Welsh. Don't know much about Wales but I am interested!
Welsh people (Cymro) are the native Brythonic inhabitants of Britain, Cymro include the modern day Welsh, Cornish, Cumbric and Bretons. The term Welsh came from Anglo-Saxon invaders and stems from the term "Wehl" which meant Stranger/foreigner/Brythonic slave similarly Wales comes from "Wehlas" meaning Land of foreigners/strangers/Brythonic slaves.
The term "Cymro" is used when referring to Brythonic people as it means "fellow countryman" similarly Wales is called Cymru in Welsh which means "Land of fellow coutrymen".
After the Romans pulled out of Britain the Brythonic peoples had about 1000 years of constant conflict against Gaels, Picts, Anglo-Saxons, Normans and Danes (Gaels, Picts and Danes raided the Welsh coast for a time) The Anglo-Saxons pushed the Brythonic peoples West during their invasion some migrated to Northern France in a place that is now called "Brittany" many others just settled in Wales and Cornwall, Wales consisted of many Brythonic Kindoms but in my opinion the most important two were Gwynedd (where the red dragon on green field originates from) and Deheubarth (responsible for creating Welsh law and defending Wales from the Norman invasion until the sons of Gwynedd attacked them). As a direct result of this conflict Wales has numerous battlefields and castles (look for a map of the castles within Wales).
England in Welsh is "Lloegr" which means "the lost lands" similarly Northern England is called "Yr hen ogledd" which means "The Old North"
In the 13th century the English occupied Wales, built some castles to keep them down and brought in immigrants to replace the Welsh peasantry in an attempt to make the area loyal to England, despite this Welsh people continued to fight them throughout the 14th century through various revolts but namely a man named Owain Lawgoch (Owain the red hand) had been preparing an invasion to retake Wales after raising an army of Castillians, the English however sent an assassin to befriend and kill murder him. In the Late 14th century - early 15th century another man named Owain Glyndwr started a largely successful uprsising in which various Cymro returned to Wales to aid in the fighting, the French king also sent some knights to aid in the conflict. The uprising ultimately failed as the French king went mad and the French knights were recalled to France and most of the Experienced Welsh fighters had been killed the uprising ended with the English cutting off supply routes and taking Harlech caste, despite this Owain continued to raid English settlements but this was on a far lesser scale.
After Henry Tudor (whos father was born to an English queen after a Welsh noble impregnated her) became king by slaying King Richard III many Welsh people saw him as a Welsh king and the revolts ceased to exist, Henry had intended to keep England and Wales seperate, however, after his death his son Henry VIII wanted central control so abolished Welsh law and created "the laws of England and Wales"
Thats some Welsh History for you
@@namestick6133 And all Celtic people descended from Japheth's eldest son Gomer in the Bible ....the first people up into Europe
Truly wish the english anthem had the same heart as 'men of harlech'.
Annibyniaeth dros Gymru!
I really love the upbeat tune of this song 😊😊
Btw, what’s the name of the painting in the background?
Which?
Castell Criciaeth
Da iawn , dwli ar hwnna 😀🏴🏴🏴🏴
Greetings from Germany 🙋♀️
that emoji is not the one you wanna type when saying Greetings from germany LoL
@@beansgowellwithpoo9774
Thanks for your hint. 😊
@@ingeborgdomin6846 you know why I said that right
@@beansgowellwithpoo9774
Das Emoji bedeutet"Hallo! Ich bin hier ! Ich Grüße Euch! 👋
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@@ingeborgdomin6846 I'm guessing you know lol
Makes me proud to be Celtic!
No such thing as Celts in Britain or Ireland. The Celts were a solitary tribe in southern France.
@@taffyducks544 they did not start in southern france
@@taffyducks544 Then who are the Welsh
@@taffyducks544So the Welsh dont exist?
You don't have to be a Welsh nationalist to be roused by this song. The tempo, cadence and words speak to an underlying feeling we all have towards protecting our homes and communities.
I have to admit that Welsh is a beautiful language
Fowards The Royal Welsh 🏴🇬🇧🏴
List of Wars involving the Welsh
Roman Conquest of Wales 48-78ce
Saxon Settlement on Britain 452-1066
Conquests of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn to unify Wales 1039-1055
Norman Invasion of Wales 1067-1102
Welsh Uprising of 1116
Great Welsh Revolt of 1136
First Anglo Welsh War 1157-1165
1211 English Invasion of Wales
Welsh Uprising of 1215
Second Anglo Welsh War 1225-1235
Third Anglo Welsh War 1257-1267
Fourth Anglo Welsh War 1275-1277
English Conquest of Wales 1282-1284
Welsh Uprising of 1287-1288
Welsh Revolt 1294-1295
Welsh Uprising of 1316
Welsh War of Independance or Glyndwr Rising 1400-1415
list of wars where Welsh Soldiers Fought in on the side of Great Britain
Hundred years War 1337-1453
Wars of the Roses 1455-1487
English Civil War 1642-1651
Williamite War in Ireland ( Welsh troops where sent to Fight the Jacobites in Ireland
Nine Years War
War of the Spanish Succession ( Welsh Troops sent to fight the Spanish and the French in Europe and North America )
War of the Austrian Succession
Seven Years War
American War of Independance
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Crimean War ( Many Welshmen fought along side the British Empire and their Allies against Russia )
Second China War ( the Royal Welsh Fusuliers where sent to Fight the Chinese Forces under the Manchu led Qing Dynasty ( another Nation with a cool Dragon )
Indian Rebellion of 1857
Third Anglo Burmese War
Zulu War (where this song is sang in in a slightly different Version )
Boxer Rebellion
the First and Second World War ( many Welshmen Fought and Died in those two Brutal Wars )
the Troubles in Ireland
Yugoslav Wars
there where many others but forgot the British Army had alot of Welshmen in the Army
Great song!
It’s nice how the british army kept it as a military march
Welsh language looks like someone would type random words on keyboard.
Na monolinguals just cant comprehend it yano
I speak a little bit of Welsh and I agree
Welsh looks like glorified keyboard smash
Welsh language has been mixed a lot of English to so it isn't just saying something about wales lol
Welsh flag is badass but language is glorified keyboard mash.
lol you could say that about any language that you can’t understand.
So, "sword" in Welsh is "gledd", "cleddyf", or "clêdd"??? O_o
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Yes, language 'mutations' occurs in many languages
My mother’s family came to America from Wales many generations ago, yet somewhere in my DNA I have a memory of this language.
It's a great place. Great tenors live there.
Very very nice song🌾🌾🎶
*Zulus chant back in response and stomp their feet*
This was uploaded on my birthday.
I’m so early right now because of the discord notification
Look, they’re saluting fellow braves!
Any playlist suggestions on spotify?
Awesome must put this snd our welsh national anthem up on my channel
Born & raised in America but I'm 70% Welsh, I feel lost...
Respect from Kurdistan!
"the Saxon's courage breaking"
*>singing in English*
Sad!
Well the Saes doesn't speak Welsh.
Well, they were shouting in the Snake language so that they could understand them - its called getting mocked. Hahahahaha.
@@themanhimself1229 ye but it's a shame most Welshmen and Irishmen are apathetic about using the language of their longtime oppressors. Everyone is a colony of America too anyway
Love it
Can you do a Colombian song? The anthem would be good too
This really reminds me of the Zulu war for some reason.
I swear I've never heard two recordings of this song with the same lyrics
A popular song among Soviets
What?
@@billclinton3862 Perhaps he means the youtuber soviet womble...?
@@nostalgic_brony1825 maybe
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Yes Cymru! Just wedi prynnu 50 sticeru yes Cymru I rhoi ardraws brydain
All these welsh songs make me think of highchool lollllll, I was always put at the front to sing but sank to the back everytime much to the anger of my welsh teachers lmao
Damn . . . I used to have to sing this hymn at boarding school in England in the late 60s and early 70s. This and that damn song "And did those feet in ancient time" and half a dozen others I'd remember if they played them back to me.
I remember this tune but I sure don't remember the lyrics . . . I think they must have had a simplified version to give the kids to sing.
Thanks for the time machine . . .55 years is a long, long time.
The other song you mention is called “Jerusalem”
@@AngloAus That's right! That was one of the few that I actually *loved* singing. That and "Those in peril on the sea" . . . again, I forget the title.
@@kamakirinoko that one is called “Eternal Father, Strong to Save.”
@@AngloAus Hehe That doesn't ring any bells but I'm sure I knew those words by heart at one point or another. Considering we had to sing hymns not once but TWICE a day, EVERY day, appearance mandatory (well, pretty much *nothing* was optional in our lives back then). But I remember that at least during hymns I was able to practice my "descants"-I guess they'd be called "harmonies" nowadays. That would come in useful when I joined a band.
You know it hits hard when he says ''Men of Harlech''.
Hate the zulu references. It originally referred to the siege of Harlech Castle. used by Unionists to re write Welsh (First nation British) History.
@Big Fella Imagine a Welsh Empire though.
@@thefrenchareharlequins2743 150Ad - 650ad The British (Welsh) Royal House of Bran. Of which many Western Roman empires were a part of. Its founder was Caratacus in 37ad and its last member was Owain Glyndwr in 1415. The members include Linus, St.Elen, Constantine the Great, Arthur 1 and 2, St.David, St.Patrick, Hywel Dda, Princess Nest, Rhodri Mawr. Modern Descendants included Jfk and Princess Diana.
What’s wrong with Zulu references? It was a marching song of the British army at the time of the Anglo-Zulu war and before then. It’s historically accurate so what’s the problem?
@@ieatmice751 you've just answered your own Questions. The Scots, Irish and Welsh who fought alongside the English aren't Anglo!!! But are past of as such. There are doubts the English even are.
@@taffyducks544
The English are Germans.
Let us stand for the national anthem of wales...
This is f*cking fire
Pov you're a zulu soldier and some bridge building brits start singing this:
Guess I'll die
Independence is coming! Cymru Rydd! 🏴
That's a really bad idea Wales is great but alone is jsut dumb, we are stronger together I don't understand people like you tbh
@@teancrumpets1494 no we’re not. That’s a very Anglo centric way of looking at things.
@@alynwillams4297 Yes we are, it is a fact lol, an independent Wales idea is more dumb than an independent Scotland. What industry would Wales have alone? Most industry is in England second Scotland.
@@teancrumpets1494 Wales has a GDP of £77.5 Billion and this is before we even look at starting to charge England for electricity and water, as they receive it from Wales free of charge. Not to mention the £1 billion a year it would save from not having to invest in nuclear weapons and the £3 billion it would save from not having to invest in Englands vanity project which is Hs2.
Wales main industries are
Agriculture, aerospace, construction, electronics, emergency services, food, forestry, manufacturing, oil and gas, renewable energy, services, textiles, tourism, transport.
Wales Exports
Aerospace systems, business and financial services, cereals, chemical products, dairy products, electricity, electronics, iron and steel, machinery, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, plastics, renewable energy, road vehicles, textiles, timber, water.
Wales as an independent country would survive and thrive. There are smaller country’s in Europe and the rest of the world than Wales that are doing just fine.
@@alynwillams4297 Damn you've really convinced yourself about an independent Wales lol, facts are simple though we are stronger together, hence most of the world speaks English, I really do love Wales and the UK though, as much as you will dislike what I've just said tis but a fact
If Wales gets Independence this should be their anthem
Wales already has one. And its far superior to this.
I remember I had to sing this in school in welsh
SARAH JANE BRADY 22/06/81 PROUD WELSH MIGRANT IN BIRMINGHAM AT YOUR SERVICE ❤🎉😢🤯🤕😷🤧😇
I'm a church organist. I am going to play Men of Harlech in my church tomorrow
KNEW IT, this one bops like fuck
_How Green Was My Valley_ (1941)
Please do katyusha sometime, cheers
God bless the Welsh.
Thank you. ❤️🤍💚🏴