| Cor Meibion Morlais - Maerdy Anthem (Maerdy, Rhondda) sung at Ferndale Rugby Club for BBC Radio Wales - Roy Noble programme 11/6/2009 Composer: Arthur Richard Jones Year: 1948/49 Lyrics: For it is Maerdy, that is the place for me, Maerdy I love you so Swansea Town is very nice to see, Cardiff is pretty and so is Bristol City But it's Maerdy, that is the place for me; it's charming climate suits me to a tee With an Oompah-Lay, Oompha-lay, and every other Oompah-Lay Maerdy is the place for me, Cor-blind-me Home Town, I love to wonder round your back streets Down those tumble down old shack streets I'm go---ing Please take me down to the fairground; I'll be a king for a day, Oompah-Pah-Pah, Oomph- Pah-Pah, Oompah-Pah-Pah, Oomph- Pah-Pah And sing all my troubles away, Because, the old organ plays and the hobby horse sways With a Root-toot-toot--Root-toot-toot-toot As the old organ plays, I get more of a thrill, as I swish down the old Water Chute Water Chute Oh, please take me down to the fairground; I'll be a king for a day Oompah-Pah-Pah, Oomph- Pah-Pah, Oompah-Pah-Pah, Oomph- Pah-Pah And sing all my troubles away Because it's Maerdy, that is the place for me, Maerdy I love you so, Swansea Town is very nice to see, Cardiff is pretty, and so is Bristol City Bit it is Maerdy, that is the place for me; it's charming climate suits me to a tee With an Oompah-Lay, Oompah-Lay, and every other Oompah-Lay Maerdy is the place for, Maerdy is the place for Maerdy is the place for me. |
