My Special Song is Calon Lan. by Nanno
Poetry
by Nanno (Forget Me Not Chorus)
I lived and grew up in Cwmllynfell
I loved singing Welsh folk songs and hymns
like
Oes gafr eto (Counting the goats)
I remember singing it in school as I spoke Welsh
Oes gafr eto?
Oes heb ei godro?
Ar y creigiau geirwon
Mae’r hen afr yn crwydro.
(Is there another goat?
That’s not been milked?
On the craggy rocks
The old goat is wandering.)
It used to make me smile
As I imagined all the goats
And of course Calon Lan
Which I would sing
when I went to the rugby Internationals
which I loved.
The soaring melody
Always gave me goose pimples
I liked all the Welsh team
But
My favourite player
was Haydn Tanner
from Penclawdd,
he was lovely
and had
great legs
Many a time
I counted them……