Ryland a Roisin: Clancy Cymru


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-Ryland Teifi

-is a well-known actor and singer.

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-His wife Roisin is the daughter

-of one of the Clancy Brothers...

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-..one of Ireland's

-most famous bands.

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-# St Patrick was a gentleman,

-he came from decent people

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-# We'll haul away #

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-Ryland and his family live

-in an Irish-speaking area...

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-..near Roisin's childhood home.

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-Today, they're on

-their way to Wales.

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-Myfi, Lowri and Cifa...

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-..will see their grandparents

-in Ffostrasol once more.

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-But that isn't the main

-reason for this journey.

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-Ryland and Roisin have

-started a new band, Clancy Cymru.

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-They're playing their first gig

-in St David's Folk Festival.

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-The whole point is that it's

-a marriage between the cultures...

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-..and the musical cultures.

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-As a family, they have united

-two languages and two traditions.

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-Come on, Munster!

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-Scarlets!

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-Well, most of the time, anyway.

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-But will they succeed

-with their new band too?

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-Say ta-ta, Ireland.

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-Say ta-ta, Ireland.

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-Ta-ta, Ireland.

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-Ta-ta, Ireland.

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-Goodbye!

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-The journey from

-Fishguard to Rosslare...

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-..is an integral part

-of my life now.

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-When I first went out with Roisin...

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-..it was exciting

-to go to Rosslare...

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-..or to Dublin from Holyhead...

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-..to meet Roisin

-and go out for the craic.

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-There was so much excitement.

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-Stepping on the ferry

-was a lot of fun.

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-Would you jump in

-for a million quid?

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-Yes.

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-Don't!

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-Don't!

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-There have been times

-I've had to leave to work.

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-It's a time of longing.

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-I know this boat very well.

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-Toast for you.

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-Toast?

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-Do you remember

-your first visit to Ffostrasol?

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-No.

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-No.

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-What is your first memory?

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-I remember the sliding door.

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-Do you remember Sam Bach, the dog?

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-Sam the dog.

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-Do you remember the shop?

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-No.

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-We moved back over three years ago.

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-It was strange.

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-At the time, Ireland was

-in a very bad place, economically.

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-We met an Irishwoman

-who was going back to London.

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-She had a job

-that paid a lot of money.

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-She asked us what we were doing.

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-"We're moving to Ireland."

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-"Are you moving to Ireland now?"

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-"Yes." "With the children?"

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-"Don't you realize...

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-"..that Ireland is on its arse?

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-"Are you really

-moving back to Ireland?"

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-Everyone else was going

-the other way.

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-That's our life.

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-That's our life.

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-Yes.

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-Going against the grain.

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-The roots of Roisin's family

-are deep in this part of Ireland.

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-Her father was

-the late Bobby Clancy.

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-He and his brothers were

-pioneers of Irish folk singing...

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-..in the 1960s and 1970s.

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-Roisin and I met in Dublin, in 1996.

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-I was in a show with Arad Goch,

-titled Taliesin...

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-..in the Dublin Theatre Festival.

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-Roisin had returned

-from Los Angeles.

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-She was working in the theatre

-where I worked.

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-That's how we met.

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-For a year, we went back and forth

-on the ferry every week or two.

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-After about a year, I thought...

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-..we can't carry on like this,

-or I'll have to buy a boat.

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-Ryland lived in Dublin for a time.

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-But he was offered a year's contract

-by a theatre company in Wales.

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-So they decided to settle in

-Cardiff, where the girls were born.

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-Oh, look.

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-Oh, Lowri! It's your birthday party.

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-How old were you there?

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-I don't know.

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-Three?

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-No! Five or six.

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-So, who were your friends?

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-That's Manon.

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-Do you remember it?

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-Yes. There were two cakes.

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-What happened?

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-They were like princesses.

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-Something in me,

-and Roisin to some extent, asked...

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-..was this where we belonged

-and wanted to be when we were older.

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-It meant moving

-to West Wales or to Ireland.

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-One of the most important

-factors was the children.

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-We were very aware,

-if they didn't settle down here...

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-..we'd have to go back.

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-Whatever other reasons

-there were for living here...

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-..that was number one on the agenda.

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-They were

-the biggest success, really.

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-They've loved living here.

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-Throw it!

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-Hi!

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-The family's linguistic dynamic

-has totally changed.

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-# 'Se mo Chaesar, Ghile Mear

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-# Suan na sean ni bhfuaireas fein

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-# O chuaigh i gcein mo Ghile Mear #

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-ROISIN JOINS IN

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-At first, it was challenging

-for the girls to learn Irish.

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-Suddenly, they're fluent.

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-Do you have any balls left?

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-I don't know.

-Banjo the dog has taken them all.

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-Oh, God. How many did you have?

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-There was one.

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-There is one, somewhere.

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-The dog has eaten them all.

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-No! Maybe they're in the field?

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-Sometimes I feel

-I'm a total hypocrite.

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-I'm a Welsh speaker.

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-I live here now.

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-I'm the one who is behind.

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-I've neglected that aspect,

-learning the language.

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-Of course, things like rugby

-draw us together.

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-When Wales plays Ireland

-or the Scarlets, Munster...

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-..who do we support?

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-Come on, Munster!

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-Scarlets!

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-Munster!

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-I can't do anything about that.

-It's up to them.

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-If you had a brother, would

-he play for Munster or the Scarlets?

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-Munster.

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-Munster.

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-Scarlets.

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-Close to their home

-is the famous Mooney's Pub...

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-..owned by Roisin's mother's

-family for generations.

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-It has attracted

-Ireland's best folk singers.

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-The Fureys, Dubliners and

-of course, the Clancy Brothers.

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-Ann, Roisin's mother's sister,

-runs the pub now.

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-She and her sister Brid

-remember the exciting days well.

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-Your mother ran the pub.

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-You all worked here, didn't you?

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-When we were young.

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-Do you remember

-the Clancys coming here?

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-Ann remembers.

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-I remember, in 1962 or 1963,

-I'm not sure.

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-There are three years

-between Carmel, my sister, and me.

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-Carmel and I were here in the pub.

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-I was 12 or 13, and Dad was with us.

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-A crew came in,

-all of them with beards.

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-They played music and talked.

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-Dad said,

-"They're the Clancy Brothers."

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-Were they very famous at the time?

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-They were famous in America.

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-America?

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-Quite famous,

-on the radio and so on.

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-Mum said she wasn't

-there that night.

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-She happened to drop by later.

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-You all said to her...

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-"..What a pity

-you weren't here last night.

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-"The Clancys sang here.

-It was a big session."

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-Why don't we have

-a drink now, Roisin?

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-Slainte - iechyd da!

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-Mooney's is still a focus

-for the best Irish musicians...

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-..and the occasional

-exiled Welshman too.

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-# The Mayor he knew his features,

-and said, "Young man," said he

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-# Your name is Willie Brennan,

-you must come along with me

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-# And it's Brennan on the Moor

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-# Bold, brave, and undaunted

-was young Brennan on the Moor #

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-Ryland and Roisin's challenge

-is to combine the strengths...

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-..of the Irish and Welsh

-music traditions...

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-..as they prepare

-to sing in St David's.

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-Go on, you start.

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-Go on, you start.

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-Shanties.

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-Shanties?

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-Shanties?

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-Shanty tennis.

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-Go on.

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-Sea songs.

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-# 'Se mo laoch, mo Ghile Mear

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-# 'Se mo Chaesar, Ghile Mear

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-# Suan na sean ni bhfuaireas fein

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-# O chuaigh i gcein mo Ghile Mear #

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-That's cheating. That's in the set.

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-Is that a shanty?

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-OK, if you cheat, so can I.

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-# I was in Cork Harbour

-one morning at the break of day

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-# Oh lads, one morning

-at the break of day #

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-# It was Friday morn as we set sail

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-# And we were not far from the land

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-# When the captain he spied

-a mermaid so fair

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-# With a comb and a glass

-in her hand

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-# And the ocean waves do roll

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-# And the stormy winds do blow

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-# And we poor sailors

-are skipping at the top

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-# While the landlubbers

-lie down below, below, below

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-# While the landlubbers

-lie down below #

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-That's an extra point for me.

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-That's an extra point for me.

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-Why?

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-I was singing with you.

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-# We'll be out of sight

-of land tonight #

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-That's showing off now.

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-# Lads, how fine it is

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-# To look towards home #

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-Game, set and match.

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-The story of my life.

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-Thirty miles from Ryland

-and Roisin's home in Ring...

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-..is the town of Carrick-on-Suir.

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-Roisin grew up here,

-and her father and uncles.

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-The town hasn't forgotten

-the Clancy Brothers.

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-# In South Australia I was born,

-heave away, haul away

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-# South Australia round Cape Horn,

-we're bound for South Australia

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-# There ain't but one thing grieves

-my mind, heave away, haul away

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-# To leave Miss Nancy Blair behind,

-we're bound for South Australia

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-# Haul away, you rolling king

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-# Heave away, haul away

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-# Haul away, you'll hear me sing,

-we're bound for South Australia #

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-Maire, Roisin's mother,

-still lives in the family home.

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-Roisin's sister Aine and

-her husband Graham live next door.

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-Music is still

-important in the old home.

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-For seven years, the town has

-celebrated the Clancy Brothers...

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-..with a cultural festival.

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-The community respects

-their musical heritage.

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-This year, there's

-an exhibition of family photos.

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-Roisin and her mother

-went there before the opening.

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-Look! Here's yours and Daddy's

-wedding in An Rinn's church.

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-In 1965.

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-There were many people.

-It was like a music festival.

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-Was it?

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-Daddy said it was a pity...

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-..that there were music sessions.

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-And everyone said, "Out you go now!"

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-"Go on your honeymoon!"

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-The Dubliners played,

-and the Fureys.

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-I didn't want to leave at all.

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-I would have much preferred to stay.

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-On the road as we left...

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-..Bobby said, "What shall we do?

-Shall we go back?"

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-"No, let's go," I said.

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-Did you regret it?

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-Yes, rather.

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-Bobby and the other

-Clancy Brothers have died.

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-But their songs remain.

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-The festival's highpoint is

-a concert with the new generation...

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-..the Clancy Brothers' children.

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-Since Ryland joined the family,

-a few Welsh songs are heard too.

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-Let's do a bit more of that song

-and put reverb on the bassline.

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-# If my sweetheart

-comes here tonight

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-# Tonight

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-# To knock upon the windowpane #

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-Are we going to try this?

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-Sweating already, eh, Kev?

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-LAUGHTER

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-As the audience arrives, backstage,

-an important rite takes place.

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-Put on your jumper, Ryland.

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-Don't forget.

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-It's the first time I've worn one.

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-The name is on it too.

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-Oh! My father.

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-Roisin's father, Bobby.

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-This is making me more nervous

-than doing the gig.

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-Will it fit?

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-That's very good.

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-That's very good.

-

-Hey!

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-It fits.

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-It fits.

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-A Welsh Clancy.

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-It suits you.

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-Do you think so?

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-Let me have a peep.

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-You'll sing well now.

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-You'll sing well now.

-

-I'll have to do something.

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-APPLAUSE

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-We couldn't come here tonight

-and pay our dues to these men...

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-..without this one.

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-This was sung

-at every family gathering.

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-And we sang it at their gravesides.

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-You all know it.

-Give us a hand with this one.

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-# Oh, the summer time is coming

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-# And the trees are sweetly blooming

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-# And the wild mountain thyme

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-# Grows around the blooming heather

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-# Will you go, lassie, go? #

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-Everybody!

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-# And we'll all go together

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-# To pull wild mountain thyme

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-# All around the blooming heather

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-# Will you go, lassie, go? #

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-APPLAUSE

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-Did you feel emotional?

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-I'm worn out!

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-It's quite emotional.

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-It is.

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-We've done it a few times before.

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-But every time we get together,

-there's something special.

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-Do you think so?

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-Do you think so?

-

-When the family comes together.

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-The next time Ryland and Roisin

-are on stage together...

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-..will be in St David's Folk

-Festival with the new band.

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-Hwyl fawr.

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-Hwyl fawr.

-

-Hool var.

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-Hwyl fawr!

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-Hwyl fawr!

-

-I had a go!

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-They've decided that the Clancy

-family will form the band's nucleus.

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-Now they have to find

-who is free to come to Wales.

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-ON PHONE

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-ON PHONE

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-Hello Ryland, how are you?

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-It's not Ryland, it's Roisin, Kevin.

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-Oh, Roisin, are you alright?

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-Oh, Roisin, are you alright?

-

-How are you?

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-To add to the band's Welsh element

-and keep things in the family...

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-..Ryland called

-his father, Garnon Davies.

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-Is Dad there?

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-FATHER SINGS ON PHONE

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-FATHER SINGS ON PHONE

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-# Summer is late coming

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-# Said the young girl #

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-I'll try the harmony.

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-HUMS

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-# When will summer come? #

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-Roisin's cousin Donnacha Gough

-will play bodhran in the band.

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-He's a leading figure

-in Ireland's folk scene...

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-..and owns a pub in Dungarvan.

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-Then we go into the first Welsh one.

-You can pick me up from the top.

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-# My love is in the orchard, too

-rum dee ro rum dee raddle iddle al

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-# I wish I was with her, too

-rum dee ro rum dee raddle iddle al

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-# There's the house

-and there's the barn

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-# There's the door of cowshed open,

-ffal doo raddle iddle al

0:19:560:20:00

-# Too rum dee ro

-rum dee raddle iddle al #

0:20:000:20:03

-Yeah, that's the groove.

0:20:080:20:10

-Fiddler Hugh O'Carroll has married

-into the Clancys like Ryland...

0:20:110:20:16

-..and is going to have a go

-at playing a Welsh song.

0:20:160:20:20

-# Ffal doo riddle al

0:20:200:20:21

-# Too rum dee raddle iddle al #

0:20:220:20:24

-Exactly. I'll sing...

0:20:240:20:26

-# Ffal doo riddle al, too rum

-dee ro rum dee raddle iddle al

0:20:260:20:30

-# Ffal doo riddle al, too rum

-dee ro rum dee raddle iddle al

0:20:300:20:35

-# Too rum dee ro

-rum dee raddle iddle al

0:20:350:20:38

-# Rum dee ro rum dee raddle iddle al

0:20:380:20:41

-# Too rum dee ro rum dee raddle

-iddle al, ffal doo riddle al

0:20:410:20:46

-# Too rum dee ro

-rum dee raddle iddle al #

0:20:460:20:50

-So we have "Huna Blentyn".

-What's the other one?

0:20:550:20:59

-"Dacw Nghariad" and "Brethyn Gwlan".

0:20:590:21:02

-Yes. So you see,

-there's a lot of Welsh stuff.

0:21:030:21:07

-But only...

0:21:070:21:09

-I don't know.

0:21:090:21:10

-I'm worried now.

0:21:110:21:13

-Do you think

-we have enough Irish stuff?

0:21:140:21:17

-Do you think there isn't enough?

0:21:170:21:19

-Do you want to learn

-an Irish song, maybe?

0:21:200:21:23

-No problem.

0:21:230:21:24

-No problem.

-

-With me?

0:21:240:21:25

-# Oro se do bheatha,

-oro se do bheatha #

0:21:250:21:29

-Something else.

0:21:290:21:30

-# Oro se do bheatha

0:21:310:21:33

-# Nois ar theacht an tsamhraidh

0:21:360:21:39

-# Nois ar theacht an tsamhraidh #

0:21:390:21:42

-You'll have to learn it properly.

0:21:430:21:45

-You know the song...

0:21:500:21:52

-..O Ros... no!

0:21:540:21:55

-Oro Se Do Bheatha.

0:21:560:21:58

-Am I saying it properly?

0:21:590:22:00

-Am I saying it properly?

-

-Yes.

0:22:000:22:01

-I remember saying O Ros in the bath.

0:22:010:22:04

-GIGGLES

0:22:040:22:06

-Is it O Ros in the bath?

0:22:070:22:09

-ALL SING

-

-# Nois ar theacht an tsamraidh #

0:22:090:22:12

-What is it?

0:22:120:22:13

-Nois ar theacht.

0:22:140:22:15

-Nois ar theacht.

-

-Yes.

0:22:150:22:16

-Nois ar theacht.

0:22:160:22:17

-Theacht.

0:22:180:22:19

-You said "rhoch".

0:22:190:22:20

-# An tsamhraidh #

0:22:210:22:22

-I think of a pig's sound, rhoch.

0:22:220:22:24

-Theacht.

0:22:240:22:25

-# Oro se do bheatha #

0:22:260:22:28

-The gig in St David's

-is less than a month away.

0:22:290:22:33

-Ryland is starting to worry.

0:22:330:22:35

-I think everything's alright.

0:22:360:22:38

-There's so much to do, though.

0:22:380:22:41

-I'm worried that I come

-from somewhere else, from Wales.

0:22:410:22:46

-I'm looking at this,

-although I've lived here.

0:22:460:22:49

-What do you mean?

0:22:490:22:51

-People might say, "Who's your Nan?"

-Do you know what I mean?

0:22:510:22:55

-I know, I'm not paranoid about it.

0:22:550:22:58

-I spent so much time with Bobby.

0:22:580:23:00

-Do you mean Wales?

0:23:000:23:01

-Do you mean Wales?

-

-No, in general.

0:23:010:23:03

-This is your history.

0:23:040:23:06

-Put your heart into it, dear boy.

0:23:060:23:08

-Put your heart into it, dear boy.

-

-Exactly.

0:23:080:23:09

-That's the thing with Bobby.

0:23:100:23:12

-It's just the confidence to say,

-This is what I do.

0:23:120:23:16

-# Ay yah!

0:23:160:23:18

-# We'll pay Paddy Doyle

0:23:190:23:23

-# For his boots #

0:23:230:23:25

-Every time I go home,

-it's a strange feeling.

0:23:280:23:32

-I ask myself who I am,

-where do I live...

0:23:320:23:35

-..what are these songs we sing.

0:23:350:23:38

-The Clancy Brothers

-had so much passion.

0:23:380:23:42

-That's the inspiration.

0:23:420:23:44

-I want to join that

-to what I remember, growing up.

0:23:440:23:48

-# To me way, ay-ay, yah!

0:23:500:23:55

-# We'll all throw mud at

0:23:560:23:59

-# The cook

0:23:590:24:00

-# To me way ay, ay-ay ah!

0:24:010:24:06

-# We'll pay Paddy Doyle

0:24:070:24:10

-# For his boots! #

0:24:110:24:13

-.

0:24:130:24:13

-Subtitles

0:24:180:24:18

-Subtitles

-

-Subtitles

0:24:180:24:20

-Today is the first time

-all the band are together...

0:24:230:24:28

-..to rehearse

-for the St David's concert.

0:24:280:24:31

-Where better to go

-than Mooney's pub?

0:24:310:24:34

-Joining Hugh and Donnacha...

0:24:370:24:40

-..are Roisin's

-brother-in-law Graham...

0:24:400:24:43

-..and her cousins

-Collie, Kevin and Evan.

0:24:440:24:47

-# Tell my ma when I go home

0:24:500:24:54

-# The boys

-won't leave the girls alone

0:24:550:25:00

-# They pulled my hair

-and stole my comb

0:25:010:25:05

-# That's alright 'til I go home

0:25:060:25:11

-# Tell my ma when I go home

0:25:120:25:16

-# The boys won't leave

-the girls alone #

0:25:170:25:21

-I've played in bands

-with as many as five members.

0:25:210:25:27

-I've been onstage

-with a lot of musicians.

0:25:270:25:31

-This is the first time I've put

-something together for eight people.

0:25:310:25:36

-# The Belle Of Belfast City #

0:25:360:25:38

-We should definitely keep going.

-There should be no break there.

0:25:420:25:48

-After rehearsing

-with the eight of us...

0:25:480:25:53

-..there are many different

-influences coming in.

0:25:540:25:59

-I don't think we need to.

0:26:000:26:03

-It loses energy then, doesn't it?

0:26:030:26:07

-The thing is, you probably

-will get an applause, anyway.

0:26:100:26:14

-Come on, we're splitting hair lads.

0:26:150:26:19

-It can create tension.

0:26:210:26:24

-Who am I to tell

-Kevin, Collie or Roisin...

0:26:240:26:28

-..who have been singing the songs

-for 30 years?

0:26:280:26:33

-It's not my place to do that.

0:26:330:26:36

-I think the way to go,

-if there's an issue is to stop...

0:26:360:26:40

-..and we kick into

-something like this.

0:26:410:26:44

-That would be fine,

-whatever you're doing.

0:26:460:26:50

-What would you prefer, Kevin?

0:26:510:26:53

-Let's take a vote!

0:26:530:26:54

-Let's take a vote!

-

-With the camera on us!

0:26:540:26:56

-This is all put on.

0:26:570:26:59

-We have to be democratic

-and find out what everyone thinks.

0:27:000:27:05

-Firstly, they know

-the songs better than me.

0:27:050:27:08

-And secondly, they're family.

0:27:090:27:12

-I'd hate to win a point

-and lose a family!

0:27:120:27:16

-Yeah, that's it.

0:27:180:27:20

-# The Czar Of Munster #

0:27:200:27:22

-I want to do keep it simple

-with my instrument...

0:27:400:27:46

-..to sing it properly...

0:27:460:27:48

-..and let the others' talents

-shine through.

0:27:490:27:53

-If a singer has a certain style...

0:27:530:27:57

-..or someone who plays the banjo,

-fiddle, guitar or bodhran...

0:27:570:28:02

-..let that come through.

0:28:020:28:06

-# The Czar Of Munster #

0:28:060:28:08

-That worked.

0:28:240:28:26

-The rest of the band are coming

-on the day of the festival.

0:28:280:28:33

-Ryland, Roisin and the children...

0:28:330:28:35

-..want to visit Ryland's parents

-in Ffostrasol, Cardigan.

0:28:360:28:41

-What would you say

-if we said we were moving back?

0:28:410:28:46

-Surprise!

0:28:480:28:50

-This is what it's all about.

-We're going to live in Ffostrasol.

0:28:500:28:56

-First reaction?

0:28:560:28:58

-First reaction?

-

-Um... OK.

0:28:580:29:00

-What if I told you there

-is no festival in St David's...

0:29:000:29:05

-..Clancy Cymru are not singing.

0:29:060:29:08

-We've come back. How would you feel?

0:29:080:29:11

-Yeah.

0:29:130:29:14

-It's OK by me.

0:29:150:29:16

-It's OK by me.

-

-Is it?

0:29:160:29:18

-And you?

0:29:180:29:19

-And you?

-

-Yes, it's fine by me.

0:29:190:29:21

-It's a one-way boat.

0:29:210:29:24

-Hey!

0:29:270:29:28

-Back in Wales.

0:29:300:29:32

-Ryland grew up with

-the Cnapan Festival on his doorstep.

0:29:390:29:44

-Wales's biggest folk festival...

0:29:440:29:48

-..offered Ryland the chance

-to hear famous Celtic singers.

0:29:480:29:53

-# My love is in the orchard, too

-rum dee ro rum dee raddle iddle al

0:30:000:30:04

-# I wish I was with her, too

-rum dee ro rum dee raddle iddle al

0:30:040:30:08

-# There's the house

-and there's the barn

0:30:080:30:11

-# There's the cowshed door open

0:30:110:30:14

-# Ffal doo raddle iddle al, too

-rum dee ro rum dee raddle iddle al #

0:30:140:30:19

-They're home, aren't they?

0:30:210:30:23

-They're home, aren't they?

-

-Yes.

0:30:230:30:24

-Whey-hey!

0:30:240:30:26

-Hello! How are you?

0:30:310:30:34

-How are you, love?

0:30:380:30:39

-Hello, Mam.

0:30:390:30:40

-Hello, Mam.

-

-Hi, Garnon.

0:30:400:30:42

-Food is ready.

0:30:420:30:44

-Mali! What's all that noise?

0:30:440:30:46

-Are you ready to sing tomorrow?

0:30:460:30:48

-Are you ready to sing tomorrow?

-

-I don't know.

0:30:480:30:50

-RYLAND SINGS A HIGH NOTE

0:30:500:30:52

-RYLAND SINGS A HIGH NOTE

-

-Warming up.

0:30:520:30:53

-Myfi,

-I haven't had a cuddle from you.

0:30:540:30:57

-Oh! Here we go.

0:30:570:31:00

-You're honoured.

0:31:020:31:04

-Come to Tadcu.

0:31:040:31:06

-Ffostrasol square was packed

-during the Cnapan festival.

0:31:090:31:13

-From a young age, Ryland

-was involved with the folk scene.

0:31:130:31:18

-He sang with Gwergan

-when he was only twelve.

0:31:180:31:21

-# We'll stand together

0:31:210:31:24

-# For our country's sake #

0:31:250:31:28

-It was before Ryland and Roisin met.

0:31:280:31:32

-Is this the old Cnapan shed?

0:31:330:31:34

-Is this the old Cnapan shed?

-

-Yes.

0:31:340:31:36

-This is the Cnapan shed.

0:31:360:31:38

-I've heard it's going

-to be pulled down.

0:31:390:31:42

-That's a pity.

0:31:430:31:46

-The first bar was here.

0:31:460:31:49

-The concert was in here.

0:31:500:31:55

-The main stage was there.

0:31:550:31:56

-The main stage was there.

-

-It's big.

0:31:560:31:58

-This was Wales's longest bar.

0:32:000:32:03

-Was that Garnon and Ryland's

-corner?!

0:32:030:32:06

-Dad was one end,

-and I was the other end.

0:32:070:32:10

-You can sense the ghosts in the air.

0:32:100:32:13

-Ar Log and Dafydd Iwan.

0:32:130:32:16

-I saw Davy Spillane there.

0:32:160:32:19

-The Fureys played here...

0:32:190:32:22

-..Finbar Furey and his brothers.

0:32:220:32:26

-# And men have died around you

0:32:330:32:35

-# For Kings and Queens and peers

0:32:360:32:39

-# But they left you

-as they found you

0:32:390:32:42

-# Tho' you talked to them the same

0:32:430:32:45

-# Songs of love and bravery

0:32:480:32:50

-# Songs of yesteryear

0:32:510:32:53

-# But the songs about your beauty

0:32:540:32:56

-# Are the songs I love to hear #

0:32:570:33:00

-It was heaving.

0:33:030:33:05

-The following year...

0:33:060:33:08

-..they took away all of this side.

0:33:090:33:12

-They added another tent

-to make more room.

0:33:120:33:16

-The year after that,

-that was too small.

0:33:170:33:20

-They put a huge tent outside,

-and kept this as the bar.

0:33:200:33:25

-# Move to the place

0:33:270:33:29

-# The sky will turn red

0:33:300:33:33

-# Wait for the hour

0:33:350:33:38

-# For your eyes to light the fire

0:33:400:33:42

-# Be one with me

0:33:440:33:47

-# While the mountains are green

0:33:480:33:52

-# Before the wind reaches the vales

0:33:530:33:57

-# And the streams freeze over #

0:33:570:34:02

-Roisin, do you see that house?

0:34:070:34:10

-Yes.

0:34:100:34:11

-See the window closest to us?

0:34:120:34:14

-Yes.

0:34:140:34:15

-That's where you'd find me

-every midnight on Cnapan nights.

0:34:150:34:20

-Why?

0:34:200:34:21

-Why?

-

-Keeping an eye on Ryland.

0:34:210:34:24

-What was Ryland doing?

0:34:240:34:26

-I can't say.

0:34:270:34:29

-The grass wasn't

-that long back then.

0:34:290:34:32

-One story.

0:34:320:34:34

-One story.

-

-No, I won't tell stories.

0:34:340:34:36

-What happened in the Cnapan,

-stayed in the Cnapan!

0:34:360:34:40

-Ryland's father was

-a founding member of the festival.

0:34:410:34:46

-It involved a lot of hard work

-every year.

0:34:460:34:50

-But they had fun, too.

-Ryland has found an old video.

0:34:500:34:54

-You haven't seen this before.

0:34:540:34:56

-You've heard me talk

-about the Cnapan Festival.

0:34:570:35:00

-It was held

-in the sheds over the road.

0:35:000:35:04

-Very strange people turned up once.

-You might know them.

0:35:040:35:08

-Who is that in the wig?

-Who's that, Myfi?

0:35:310:35:36

-It suits you, Garnon!

0:35:380:35:41

-Who was that, Myfi?

0:35:420:35:44

-I think she's a bit disturbed by it!

0:35:440:35:48

-Myfi is in shock!

0:35:490:35:51

-While Roisin and the girls

-have supper with the family...

0:35:560:36:00

-..Ryland and Garnon rehearse

-for tomorrow's festival.

0:36:000:36:05

-# My friends tell me all the time

0:36:050:36:11

-# This is the only comfort

-I'll find

0:36:120:36:17

-# Don't despair

0:36:170:36:21

-# Gentle girl

0:36:220:36:27

-# You will feel better

0:36:280:36:31

-# When summer comes #

0:36:310:36:35

-Is it only you who'll accompany me?

0:36:350:36:38

-No.

0:36:390:36:40

-Rather than have all the band,

-I thought we'd keep it simple.

0:36:400:36:45

-It works well like that.

-Hugh and Evan have played it before.

0:36:450:36:50

-Will they know

-where I intend to slow down?

0:36:510:36:54

-They're used to following you

-by now.

0:36:540:36:57

-They've followed you

-many times in the golf club!

0:36:580:37:02

-They know the song.

0:37:020:37:04

-They're looking forward.

0:37:040:37:06

-.

0:37:070:37:07

-Subtitles

0:37:120:37:12

-Subtitles

-

-Subtitles

0:37:120:37:14

-St David's, the morning of the gig.

-The big day has arrived.

0:37:160:37:20

-The Bishop's Palace is almost ready

-for the folk festival.

0:37:200:37:26

-The rest of Clancy Cymru

-arrived on the early ferry.

0:37:260:37:30

-What time is the soundcheck?

0:37:300:37:32

-It's supposed to be two.

0:37:330:37:35

-That's for the first ten pints.

-You have one, Rois.

0:37:360:37:39

-I do, yeah.

0:37:400:37:42

-It's only for ten pints.

-Do you want two?

0:37:430:37:46

-Who'd want to keep us off the drink

-all day? That's your job, Ryland.

0:37:460:37:50

-The streets of St David's

-begin to fill up.

0:37:530:37:56

-In the Bishop's Palace, Clancy Cymru

-are ready for a soundcheck.

0:37:560:38:01

-Kevin.

0:38:080:38:10

-Guitar, Graham.

0:38:110:38:13

-Bodhran, Donnacha.

0:38:150:38:20

-One two, one two. One two, one two.

0:38:210:38:24

-Definitely want more than you.

0:38:250:38:27

-One, two. I need more than anyone.

0:38:290:38:31

-Shall we have a go, from the top?

0:38:330:38:37

-# Tell my ma when I go home

0:38:400:38:44

-# The boys won't leave

-the girls alone

0:38:460:38:50

-# They pulled my hair

-and stole my comb #

0:38:510:38:54

-A bit more bouzouki, please.

0:38:540:38:56

-# That's alright 'til I go home #

0:38:570:39:01

-There's a problem with sound,

-to be honest, with eight of us.

0:39:070:39:11

-It's important to have foldback.

-There are only four monitors.

0:39:110:39:17

-Donnacha doesn't have a monitor.

0:39:180:39:21

-But there you go. It'll be fine.

0:39:240:39:26

-Yes.

0:39:290:39:30

-The audience began to arrive.

0:39:310:39:34

-Ryland and Roisin met a musician who

-has links with Ireland and Wales.

0:39:340:39:40

-Dave, you were in Ardmore

-before you went to Ring.

0:39:410:39:44

-Frank had relations in Ardmore.

0:39:440:39:46

-Frank had relations in Ardmore.

-

-Frank Hennessy?

0:39:460:39:47

-We found out that Tommy Mooney...

0:39:480:39:50

-..who lived in Ardmore, was

-a relative of the Mooneys in Ring.

0:39:500:39:54

-Dave Burns comes from Cardiff.

0:39:540:39:57

-In the 1960s, he was one

-of the original Hennessys.

0:39:570:40:01

-His family come

-from the same area as Roisin.

0:40:010:40:04

-The Clancy Brothers were gods to us.

0:40:040:40:07

-We'd just started out playing.

-They were our idols.

0:40:070:40:10

-Everything we did

-was Clancy Brothers.

0:40:100:40:13

-Did you sing Clancy Brothers songs?

0:40:140:40:16

-Did you sing Clancy Brothers songs?

-

-Yeah.

0:40:160:40:17

-The thing about the Clancys was,

-Irish music up 'til then...

0:40:170:40:22

-..had been Bridie Gallagher

-and Deirdre Murphy...

0:40:230:40:28

-..very pretty.

0:40:280:40:30

-# Eileen O'Carroll #

0:40:300:40:34

-That was the stuff we were brought

-up with in Newtown in Cardiff.

0:40:340:40:39

-Then suddenly the Clancys

-came along.

0:40:390:40:43

-Suddenly, there was

-this approach to Irish music...

0:40:430:40:49

-..that was really...

0:40:490:40:50

-..more rebellious.

0:40:510:40:52

-..more rebellious.

-

-More rock and roll.

0:40:520:40:54

-I was in the Capitol cinema

-in Cardiff watching them.

0:40:540:40:58

-If they sang a rebel song, you had

-to go out to start a revolution.

0:40:580:41:02

-They'd fire you up, the sheer energy

-of the way they presented a song.

0:41:020:41:07

-Dave is here with his own band.

0:41:080:41:10

-Ryland has asked him

-to join Clancy Cymru for one song.

0:41:100:41:15

-We tried to do a different twist

-and put an Irish jig in the middle.

0:41:160:41:21

-It's the Kesh Jig.

0:41:220:41:25

-# I was in Cork harbour

-one morning at the break of day

0:41:350:41:39

-# One morning at the break of day #

0:41:390:41:42

-RYLAND SINGS KESH JIG

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-We'll probably do

-two and two there...

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-..A and B.

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-I'll play better than that, mind.

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-You'd better!

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-The afternoon turned into night

-and the Bishop's Palace was full.

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-The audience

-enjoyed Dave Burns' band.

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-# Mighty great load on my mind

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-# When I think

-of the prospects before me #

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-Their set ended...

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-..to make way for Clancy Cymru's

-first ever performance.

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-I'm looking forward. We need

-to play in front of a live audience.

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-The boys are ready.

-It's the first time we've done it.

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-It's new ground. We'll see.

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-I want to enjoy it.

-That's what's important.

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-# And wherever I'll be

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-# I'll be true love, to thee

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-# And the country

-I'm leaving behind #

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-Thanks very much.

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-While the audience

-applauded Dave Burns...

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-..Clancy Cymru

-prepared to step on the stage.

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-What sort of reception

-will they have?

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-One, two, three!

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-# Tell my ma when I go home,

-the boys won't leave the girls alone

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-# They pulled my hair and stole my

-comb, that's alright 'til I go home

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-# She is handsome, she is pretty,

-she is the belle of Belfast city

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-# She is courting, one two three,

-please won't you tell me who is she?

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-# Albert Mooney says he loves her,

-all the boys are fighting for her

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-# Knock on the door

-and they ring the bell

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-# Oh my true love, are you well?

-Out she comes, as white as snow

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-# Rings on her fingers,

-bells on her toes

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-# Old Johnny Mary says she'll die

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-# If she doesn't get the fella

-with the roving eye #

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-The audience were soon

-on their feet.

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-Dave Burns was invited

-back on the stage.

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-# Oh, Rhisiart said Morus,

-Oh Morus said Twm, said Twm

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-# Oh Morus said Twm

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-# We'd better reef the sails

-before the bad weather sets in

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-# Before the bad weather sets in #

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-Several lively songs followed,

-and it was time to slow things down.

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-I'd like to invite

-another guest on the stage.

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-I'd never have gone to Ireland

-if it wasn't for this man.

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-He and my mother

-introduced me to Irish music.

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-Please welcome Mr Garnon Davies,

-my father.

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-# Summer is a long time coming

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-# Said the ailing young girl

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-# When will Spring be over

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-# When is summer coming, mother?

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-# My friends always tell me

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-# This is the only comfort I'll have

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-# Don't despair

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-# Gentle girl

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-# You will feel better

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-# When summer comes #

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-Thanks Mr Garnon Davies!

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-The night went

-from strength to strength.

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-Clancy Cymru

-were soon on their final song.

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-# Wool is what our forefathers wore

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-# Wool is what our forefathers wore

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-# Wool

-is what our forefathers wore #

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-Thanks and goodnight.

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-I'm glad we got through it and

-the audience rose to their feet.

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-I was thrilled Dad was here

-to sing Yr Eneth Glaf.

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-We lost Mamgu last year.

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-It's been an emotional journey

-to get everyone together.

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-This is our first gig.

-But everyone gave 100%.

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-I couldn't be happier.

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-# Lliw'r Heulwen #

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-Thank you.

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