[G]Farewell the colliery workers, the [D]muffler and the [G]cap
Fare[C]well
the Rhondda valley girls, we (G)never will come back
The mines they are a-(C)closin',
the (Amin)valleys they're all (D)doomed
There's (G)no
work in the (C)Rhondda boys, we'll (D)be in London (G)soon
(G)My father was a miner, and his (C)father
was before him,
And they (D)always had been proud to work be(G)low.
Since
they fell 'neath Roben's axe,
All the (C)lads have had the sack
So a(D)way
to work in England we must (G)go!
Farewell the colliery workers, the muffler and the cap
Farewell the
Rhondda valley girls, we never will come back
The mines they are a-closin', the valleys they're all doomed
There's no
work in the Rhondda boys, we'll be in London soon
No more the chapel singin', for that long ago has left us
In the public
house no more the miner's songs
Oh, the population's droppin'
For the pit wheels they are stoppin',
And I can't
afford to stay here very long
Farewell the colliery workers, the muffler and the cap
Farewell the
Rhondda valley girls, we never will come back
The mines they are a-closin', the valleys they're all doomed
There's no
work in the Rhondda boys, we'll be in London soon
Treherbert and Treorchy, Tonypandy and Tynewydd
Ystradrhondda and
Tonpentre, all adeiu
For I can no longer wait
While Parliament debates
So a fond farewell I bid to all of you!
Farewell the colliery workers, the muffler and the cap
Farewell the
Rhondda valley girls, we never will come back
The mines they are a-closin', the valleys they're all doomed
There's no
work in the Rhondda boys, we'll be in London
