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'Twas Barry and the Swansea Trapp
Did Gwalchmai Gwbert in the Porth;
All Merthyr were the Blaenavon
And the Caersws Aberporth.
Beware the Llanfairpwll my son
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Dolgellau and shun
Ffestiniog Ystrad.
He took his Talgarth sword in hand:
Long time the Maesteg foe he sought
So rested he by the Tenby tree,
And stood awhile in thought.
And as in Harlech thought he stood,
The Llanfairpwll, with eyes of flame,
Came Nefyn through Tredegar wood,
Beddgellert as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The Ebbw Vale went Clynog-fawr!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went Llanrwst Brynmawr.
And hast thou slain the Llanfairpwll?
Come to my arms, my Blaenporth boy!
O Fishguard day! Conwil! Conway!
He Llantwit in his joy.
'Twas Barry and the Swansea Trapp
Did Gwalchmai Gwbert in the Porth
All Merthyr were the Blaenavon
And the Caersws Aberporth.
© Peter Cole 1998.
Peter Cole writes:
I couldn't fit the full name "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch" in to the body of the poem, but have contracted it to its commonly abbreviated form. Contrary to popular belief this is not actually the longest Welsh place name - that distinction is held by "Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollonpenrhynareurdraethceredigion" The meanings of these two ludicrous constructions are respectively: "Saint Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool of Saint Tysilio of the red cave" and "The Mawddach station and its dragon teeth at the Northern Penrhyn Road on the golden beach of Cardigan Bay".Somehow the alternative title - "Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollonpenrhynareurdraethceredigioniwoci" didn't quite have the same ring to it (try saying that fast after a few pints!) :-)
Peter Cole's email: carnivor@flytrap.demon.co.uk
Website: http://www.flytrap.demon.co.uk/cchome.htm
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