Over The Hills And Far Away: The Gwerin Version
There's
weaponry for everyone
If they will volunteer to come
To live and fight the foes today
Over the hills and far away.
(Chorus)
O'er the hills and o'er the main,
Oystermouth Castle in the rain.
Cludog commands and we obey.
Down
to the pub and there we'll stay.
When
duty calls and we must go
To stand and face our Saxon foe,
Gladly will the Gwerin play
Over the hills and far away.
(Chorus)
With
sword and lang and scram and spear
Until the Saxons quake with fear,
We shall stand and we shall slay
Over the hills and far away.
(Chorus)
The
Welsh that fight with spear and shield
Shall battle on and never yield.
Our warband it will win the day
Over the hills and far away.
(Chorus)
Then
if De Bec our absence mourn,
We with Welsh honour will return
And in alliance Saxons slay
Over the hills and far away.
(Chorus)
Now
though we travel far from Wales
Through snow and rain and howling gales,
A part of us will always stay
Over the hills and far away.
(Chorus)
And
if we feel so inclined
We may even leave on time
Along the road to fight today
Over the hills and far away.
(Chorus)
Orders
we don't understand
For we fight in a Welsh warband.
Line commands we won't obey
Over the hills and far away.
(Chorus)
The
valiant Welsh will ne'er refuse
To come and fight without their shoes.
Through snow and thistles we will slay
Over the hills and far away.
(Chorus)
Then
when we are from battle spent
We shelter in our mighty Twent,
'Til it collapses there we stay,
Over the hills and far away.
(Chorus)
At
Cosmeston we always try
To keep ourselves both warm and dry,
So through the floods we make our way
Back to the pub and there we stay.
(Chorus)
If
I should fall and die once more,
As many Gwerin have before,
Please make the Norman boarsnout play
Over the hills and far away.
(Chorus)
If
Normans face us in a line
We flank and have them from behind.
We'll be a rabble come what may
Over the hills and far away.
(Chorus)
Let
earls and barons come and go.
We'll stand and fight 'gainst any foe.
The Welsh are mightier anyway,
Over the hills and far away.
(Chorus)
Since
now Medweag so low are brought,
Of skill and honour they have nought,
We shall not hesitate to stray
Over the hills and far away.
(Chorus)
No
more may Dave Pateman retreat,
While Gwerin and the Cantref beat
Medwaeg and Wessex every day,
Over the hills and far away.
(Chorus)
And
when we have vanquished our foe
As Gwerin do at every show
To the pub we make our way.
Over the hills and far away.
(Chorus)
Then
through the night of gold we sing
And rend the air with Leia coursing.
All wish the Welsh would sing and play
Over
the hills and far away.
(Chorus)
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