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-# Calon Lan #

-# I ask not for ease and riches

-# Nor earth's jewels for my part

-# But I have the best of wishes

-# For a pure and honest heart

-# Oh, pure heart so true and tender

-# Fairer than the lilies white

-# The pure heart alone can render

-# Songs of joy

-# Both day and night

-# Should I cherish earthly treasure

-# It would fly on speedy wings

-# The pure heart

-a plenteous measure

-# Of pure pleasure daily brings

-# Oh, pure heart

-# So true and tender

-# Fairer than the lilies white

-# The pure heart alone can render

-# Songs of joy

-# Eve and morn by prayers ascending

-# To God's heaven on wings of song

-# Seek the joy that knows no ending

-# The pure heart that knows no wrong

-# Oh, pure heart

-# So pure and tender

-# Fairer than the lilies white

-# The pure heart alone can render

-# Songs of joy both day and night

-# Oh, pure heart so true and tender

-# Fairer than the lilies white

-# The pure heart alone can render

-# Songs of joy

-# Both day and night

-# The pure heart

-# The pure heart

-# The pure heart #

-Hello and welcome

-to the Only Men Aloud show.

-As you've just seen, the stage

-is filled with talented men.

-What about that?

-Wales's newest male voice choir,

-Only Boys Aloud.

-I'm Nigel Owens, the rugby referee.

-Tim asked me

-to keep the lads in order.

-I'm used to dealing with all sorts

-of rucks, so that's fine...

-..but he also asked me

-to sing with them.

-I've never sung in public and

-I can't sing in tune, so we'll see.

-Joining us tonight is a world-famous

-Welsh comedian and singer.

-Do you remember Denzil Lloyd?

-He was refereeing a match,

-Pontarddulais v Hendy.

-It was a local derby.

-An old gent from Pontarddulais...

-..had requested to have his ashes

-scattered on the pitch.

-They decided to hold the

-ceremony before the game kicked off.

-He had played countless times

-for Pontarddulais.

-Denzil scattered his ashes

-on the pitch, as planned.

-Denzil sent five Pontarddulais

-players off during the match.

-A spectator got up and shouted...

-.."Any more decisions like that,

-Mr Lloyd, and your ashes are next!"

-# Hey, world

-# Here I am

-# Don't tell me not to live,

-just sit and putter

-# Life's candy

-and the sum's a ball of butter

-# Don't bring around a cloud

-to rain on my parade

-# Don't tell me not to fly,

-I've simply got to

-# If someone takes a spill,

-it's me and not you

-# Who told you you're allowed

-to rain on my parade?

-# I'll march my band out

-# I'll beat my drum

-# And if I'm fanned out

-# Your turn at bat, sir

-# At least I didn't fake it.

-Hat, sir

-# I didn't make it

-# But whether I'm the rose

-of sheer perfection

-# Or a freckle on the nose

-of life's complexion

-# The cinder

-or the shiny apple of its eye

-# I gotta fly once, I gotta try once

-# Only can die once, right, sir?

-# Ooh, love is juicy,

-juicy and you see

-# I gotta have my bite, sir

-# Get ready for me love,

-'cos I'm a comer

-# I simply gotta march,

-'cos I'm a drummer

-# Don't bring around a cloud

-to rain on my parade

-# I'm gonna live and live now

-# Get what I want, I know how

-# One roll for the whole shebang

-# One throw that bell will go clang!

-# Eye on the target and wham!

-# One shot, one gun shot and bam!

-# Hey, hey, hey

-# Hey, world

-# Here I am

-# Get ready for me, love,

-'cos I'm a-comin'

-# I simply gotta march,

-my heart's a-drummin'

-# Nobody

-# Nobody's gonna rain

-# Nobody

-# Nobody

-# Nobody's gonna rain

-# Rain on my parade #

-Hello, I'm Dan Phillips

-and I'm a second tenor.

-I joined in 2007.

-My highlight was singing in

-a Gospel chapel in Harlem, New York.

-Hey, hey, hey! Pack it in!

-Next, we have a Welsh icon.

-Please welcome Max Boyce.

-Max, welcome.

-You've performed all over the world.

-Which was your favourite venue?

-My favourite concert venue

-is Sydney Opera House, in Australia.

-My favourite tour

-was the one of South Africa.

-It was an honour

-to meet Nelson Mandela.

-To see South Africa

-beat New Zealand in the final...

-..when Nelson Mandela came on,

-the crowd sang a song.

-# Shoshaloza. Shoshaloza #

-I was crying like a baby...

-..because I'd backed New Zealand

-at 11-2.

-Singing "Hiraeth", here's Max Boyce.

-# Oh, men of wisdom

-# Can you tell me

-# What makes longing everlasting?

-# Is it reinforced or covered

-# That it doesn't fade with wearing?

-# Velvet fades and so does satin

-# Gold will tarnish, so will silver

-# All material will be threadbare

-# But longing seems

-# To last forever

-# Longing so great

-and longing so cruel

-# With sorrow and longing

-my heart is breaking

-# In the dead of night,

-it creeps and wakes me

-# However deeply I am sleeping

-# Longing, longing

-# Subside, subside

-# Plagued by you, I get no resting

-# Move away from my bedside tonight

-# So I may slumber until morning

-# So I may slumber until morning

-# So I may slumber until morning #

-Thank you for such a warm welcome.

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-Hi, my name is Ben Smith. I'm

-the youngest member of the choir.

-In my spare time,

-I work as a teaching assistant.

-# Ba-ra, ba da-ra-ra

-# Ba-ra, ba ra-ra-ra

-# Mister Jones sent me a letter

-# Ba-ra, ba ra-ra-ra

-# Handsome writing on fine paper

-# Handsome writing on fine paper

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-# Ba-ra, ba ra-ra-ra

-# In it he was clearly asking

-# Tra-la-la-la la-la-la

-# Would I go with Tom to Tywyn?

-# Would I go with Tom to Tywyn?

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-# Ba-ra, ba ra-ra-ra

-# It was Friday when we started

-# It was Friday when we started

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-# Tra-la la-la la-la-la

-# Got to Mawddwy, never parted

-# Got to Mawddwy, never parted

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-# Tra-la la-la la-la-la

-# There I had my full of eating

-# Tra-la-la la-la la-la

-# As I went with Tom to Tywyn

-# Ba-ra, ba ra-ra-ra

-# Tra-la la-la la-la-la la-la la-la

-# Tra-la-la la-la

-# On we went and passed by Dinas

-# On we went and passed by Dinas

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-# Ba-ra, ba ra-ra-ra

-# Bread and milk we had at Gwanas

-# Ba-ra, ba ra-ah-ah

-# Past Tal-y-llyn we went admiring

-# Tra-la-la-la-la la-la

-# Ba ra-ra, ba ra-ra

-# As I went with Tom to Tywyn

-# Ba-ra, ba ra-ra-ra

-# As I went with Tom

-# As I went with Tom

-# As I went with Tom

-# As I went with Tom to Tywyn

-# As I went with Tom,

-as I went with Tom

-# When we'd passed

-through Abergynolwyn

-# Ba-ra, ba ra-ra-ra

-# Our next stop was Craig y Deryn

-# Our next stop was Craig y Deryn

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-# Ba-ra, ba ra-ah-ah

-# As we got to Ynys Maengwyn

-# Tra-la-la-la-la la

-# Tra-la-la-la-la la

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-# Ba ra-ra-ra, ba ra-ra-ra

-# Tom then shouted, "There is

-# Tom then shouted, "There is

-# Tom then shouted,

-"There is Tywyn!"

-# Tom then shouted,

-"There is Tywyn!"

-# My days on earth

-may not be plenty

-# Tra-la la-la la-la-la

-# But I shall try

-and save each penny

-# Tra-la la-la la-la-la

-# I'll be merry, I'll be laughing

-# Tra-la-la la-la la-la-la

-# Ba-ra, ba ra-ra-ra

-# Ba-ra, ba ra-ra-ra

-# As I go with Tom to Tywyn

-# As I go with Tom to Tywyn

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-# Ba-ra, ba ra-ra-ra

-# As I go with Tom to Tywyn

-# Ba-ra, ba ra-ra-ra

-# As I go with Tom to Tywyn

-# Ba-ra, ba ra-ra-ra

-# As I go with Tom

-# To Tywyn #

-That's the great thing about rugby.

-Never mind who you send off,

-you're always welcome afterwards.

-I sent three off in a match

-between Glynneath and Resolven...

-..but I can still go back to

-Glynneath club and still be welcome.

-No.

-We'll finish tonight with a song

-which is a Welsh rugby classic.

-Here to help us sing

-my arrangement of Sosban Fach...

-..please welcome...

-..Only Men Aloud, Max Boyce,

-Nigel Owens and Only Boys Aloud.

-Oi, oi!

-# Mary Ann has hurt her finger

-and Dafydd the servant isn't well

-Oi, oi!

-# The baby in the cradle is crying

-and the cat scratched little Johnny

-# Small saucepan boiling on the fire

-# Big saucepan boiling on the floor

-and the cat scratched little Johnny

-# And the cat

-scratched little Johnny

-# Mary Ann's finger has got better

-# And Dafydd the servant

-is in his grave

-# The baby in the cradle has grown

-# And the cat is resting in peace

-# Small saucepan boiling on the fire

-# Big saucepan boiling on the floor

-and the cat is resting in peace

-# And the cat is resting in peace

-# Dai Bach the soldier

-# Dai Bach the soldier

-# Dai Bach the soldier

-with his shirt tail hanging out

-# Mary Ann has hurt her finger

-and Dafydd the servant isn't well

-# The baby in the cradle is crying

-# And the cat scratched

-little Johnny

-# Small saucepan boiling on the fire

-# Big saucepan boiling on the floor

-# And the cat scratched

-little Johnny

-# And the cat

-scratched little Johnny

-# Dai Bach the soldier

-# Dai Bach the soldier

-# Dai Bach the soldier

-with his shirt tail hanging out

-# Dai Bach a soldier

-# Dai Bach the soldier

-# Dai Bach the soldier

-# Dai Bach the soldier

-with his shirt tail hanging out

-# The cat scratched little Johnny,

-the cat scratched little Johnny

-# The cat scratched little Johnny

-# The cat scratched little Johnny

-# The cat scratched little Johnny,

-the cat scratched little Johnny

-# The cat scratched little Johnny,

-the cat scratched little Johnny

-# The cat scratched little Johnny

-# Mary Ann's finger has got better

-# And Dafydd the servant

-is in his grave. Oi, oi!

-# The baby in the cradle has grown

-and the cat is resting in peace

-# Small saucepan boiling on the fire

-# Big saucepan boiling on the floor

-# And the cat scratched Johnny

-# And the cat scratched Johnny

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-# Small saucepan boiling on the fire

-# Big saucepan boiling on the floor

-# And the cat scratched

-little Johnny. Oi, oi!

-# The cat scratched,

-the cat scratched

-# The cat scratched little Johnny

-# The cat scratched little Johnny

-# Oi! Oi! #

-S4C subtitles by Eirlys A Jones

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