Farewell To The Rhondda

[Refrão]Chorus G Farewell the colliery workers, the muffler and the cap. Fare-thee C well you Rhondda valley girls, we G D never will come back. ... The G C mines they are a--closin', the Am D valleys are all doomed. There’s G C no work in the Rhondda, boys, we'll D G C G D G be in London soon. verse 1 G My father was a miner, as his C father was before, and they D always had been proud to work be.- G -low. Since they fell 'neath Roben's axe, all the C lads have got the sack, so a- D G D -way to work in England, we must go! [Refrão] Chorus G Farewell the colliery workers, the muffler and the cap. Fare-thee C well you Rhondda valley girls, we G D never will come back. ... The G C mines they are a--closin', the Am D valleys are all doomed. There’s G C no work in the Rhondda, boys, we'll D G C G D G be in London soon. verse 2 G No more the chapel singin', for that C long ago has left us, in the D public house no more the miner's G songs. For the population's droppin', as the C pit wheels they’re a-stoppin', and I D G D can't afford to stay here very long. [Refrão] Chorus G Farewell the colliery workers, the muffler and the cap. Fare-thee C well you Rhondda valley girls, we G D never will come back. ... The G C mines they are a--closin', the Am D valleys are all doomed. There’s G C no work in the Rhondda, boys, we'll D G C G D G be in London soon. verse 3 G Treherbert and Treorchy, Ton- C pandy and Tynewydd, D Ystrad Rhondda and Ton Pentre, all a- G dieu! For I can no longer wait, while the C parliament debates, So a D G D fond farewell I bid to all of you! [Refrão]Chorus G Farewell the colliery workers, the muffler and the cap. Fare-thee C well you Rhondda valley girls, we G D never will come back. ... The G C mines they are a--closin', the Am D valleys are all doomed. There’s G C no work in the Rhondda, boys, we'll D G C G D G be in London soon. [Refrão] Chorus G Farewell the colliery workers, the muffler and the cap. Fare-thee C well you Rhondda valley girls, we G D never will come back. ... The G C mines they are a--closin', the Am D valleys are all doomed. There’s G C no work in the Rhondda, boys, we'll D G C G D G be in London soon.