Max Boyce - Duw it's Hard

[@kendothebarstad]

One of the nicest person on the planet. The amount of money he raised for charity in Wales and never took a penny, a true gentleman.

[@Byron-g5l]

wow...this song reaches back 100years into previous generations ....very moving

[@grahammorris6252]

I was a young lad watching max on tv. When i heard this. It was a real eye opener. Miners lost a lot. And gain a souvenir. Miners cough.

[@patriciagriffiths8482]

Beautifully sung... love Max Boyce... I still have my great Granchers Lamp Check No.1 from Marine Colliery, Cwm... welsh Miners from the valleys, the salt of the earth!

[@NallDave]

A good friend of mine sings this around the camp fire. Brings a little tear to my eye.

[@theonlyGH]

Watching this from New Zealand. Brings a tear to my eye

[@markrae1317]

Max's finest moment! Total respect from this Scot to his massively talented Celtic cousin.

[@hopethehermit]

I'm English, never been near a coal seam, but this song bring tears to my eyes.

[@halcyon289]

God bless you Tim from Wales.

[@LjungbergArsenal]

But I can't forget the times we had, The laughing midst the fear, 'Cos every time I cough I get, A mining souvenir. - These have to be some of the most poignant lyrics I have ever heard.

[@eileenpritchard9154]

THIS ALWAYS MAKES ME THINK OF THE VILLAGE WHERE I GREW UP,A LITTLE VILLAGE GLYNCORRWG, SUCH HAPPY MEMORIES OF MY 15 YRSTHERE ,I STILL CALL IT HOME ,1 DAY I WILL BE BACK THERE .🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@brianswinscoe5412]

Its about time he was made SIR Max Eileen and Brian

[@ianvertibrates843]

This song was my Grandfather’s favourite (his dad was a miner) always sends a shiver - Rest in Peace Bach x

[@JimMacken-u5x]

A great song Max is brilliant

[@breeze1472]

talented man max and sings from the heart

[@MOGGS1942]

Duw, I love this man to pieces.

[@eileenpritchard9154]

ME TOO,LOVE YOU MAX BOYCE. 😊🤗😊👍👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@trevbake8660]

I'm 62 now, worked my first shift underground as an Apprentice electrician, pit was closing then I went to a steel works that is a supermarket now.

[@blatherskite9601]

Good man yourself!

[@blowfish3]

One of the most moving renditions I heard of this song was at a working men's club in Caernarvon, in 1990. My brother's band was playing a dance, and at the end of the evening an old fella took the microphone and sang this song. Not very well, but with great feeling.

[@malcolmpreston7069]

simply beautiful and haunting, so sad..

[@johnhowes164]

I think this is a miners song,well sung by MAX BOYCE .A story in a song ,love it and it still brings tears to my eyes every time i hear it,as i come from a welsh mining famiy.

[@andycwb]

Max wrote it. He worked underground for about 8 years IIRC, so he’s very qualified to sing this.

[@roblloyd1879]

My enduring memory of a Forest of Dean miner walking up the hill past Cinderford library. Oxygen bottle in his hand, he would take a few steps before stopping to use his bottle.

[@paulsengupta971]

Are you familiar with another Max Boyce song "Rhondda Grey"?

[@davidchalk8883]

Or "Did you understand?"

[@brianw9242]

Gets me every time - a beautifully sad, sad song - gosh they went through it , that`s for sure. Brian

[@philexpat9905]

Emotionally Sang and from the Heart Outstanding 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@ballastkettle]

Such a lovely voice. Defined my childhood

[@coreleyman]

the real welsh and best ballad and a great singer

[@blatherskite9601]

Grew up with Max in the background. Good one, man. You're a superstar.

[@lindamorris8742]

Am in Leicester and listening to Max cos I'm feeling homesick......

[@richardjeffreys2437]

I have cried all the tears.. I love Max.. Seven Sisters to Glyneath.. No distance... x

[@theobserver2309]

Duw Almighty, this man is amazing.

[@ATVmidlands5581]

saw him last night in cwmbran. absolutely fabulous. legend. ATVmidlands UK

[@robertwilliams730]

Saw him about 1 year ago in Aberdare, legend 👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@jimmclean7938]

1st time I’ve heard this...absolutely fuckin brilliant.

[@서석원-f3i]

Maybe I'm the first true lover of this song in Korea. kk

[@HarpoonTorpedo]

my hero and only lives down the road fron me!

[@althomas3168]

My family was Cardiff Docks, and greatest respect to the mining valleys, no you no us.

[@GillianRoberts-t5b]

Brilliant

[@rosereed8042]

Brings back some wonderful memories of happy times seeing Max in concert I was once introduced to him great entertainer

[@kiwifella101]

Proud to be Maori/Welsh mix. We had a mighty man like this in Aotearoa once called Prince Tui Teka, moe mai ia, haere ki te po nui ki ti po roa ki te po maire. Now du'in triao shaddar Cymraeg! Cymru am byth! Big ups to the Richards family.

[@ryanlew948]

That's one hell of a mix! Proud to be Welsh and proud to have mining as a part of my history. It's so important that we don't forget those that worked down in the mines. Cymru am byth indeed 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤

[@steveriddiok335]

Hes a lgend and hes ours 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤

[@traceygates4767]

Tracey Gates you are the best Singer in Wales and around the World Max Boyce iove from Wales UK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🌍💻😇😇😎😎💌

[@12barnaby]

Brilliant in London now ex Met Mtd Branch. Since moving 1978 still miss home Bryncoch,Nr Neath.

[@6345pauline]

Just love listening to max. Beautiful xx

[@stephaniebarclay5620]

This lovely man....

[@leemorgan8478]

I'am in tears !

[@paulparry6154]

Pure class

[@iwanjamesphillips12]

True legend

[@johnprice7303]

I am Irish to core of my being...but that was wonderful stuff!

[@ΒασίληςΚυριακίδης-ζ9β]

Great song! Greetings from Greece! Unfortunately there are some big and powerful countries who do not want the smaller countries than them to get strong.

[@mattowensrees]

Cydseiniol, bachgen bach

[@christineguild1447]

Sad song my partner who is 72 loved working down the mines why That her wanted the pits closed South Wales miners do,not know until today.

[@mrtats1963]

All our mills and mines Come to think of it most of our industrial past is buried underneath some foreign supermarket r warehouse

[@gloriafaceyfacey9224]

I love this man!

[@GARYINLEEDS]

The 4 People who disliked this video are probably English Bankers.[Banksters]

[@dafyddevans5108]

GARYINLEEDS or tories

[@annwalker1303]

Thougbt

[@Grendel2912]

@@dafyddevans5108 Or Greens

[@TheMimifur]

This is my family, My granda died and I just need to cry

[@ianllewellyn7309]

Why can't we have max Boyce back singing to the crowd's b4 the home games it's bound to get the crowd's going and great atmosphere ian Llewellyn Jan 2018 come Wales bring max back

[@JimDoors4567]

I'm Scottish, I'm thinking that the answer to your question is.......that Max singing before a Welsh match would give you an unfair advantage

[@markgasmanprothero4442]

Makes me cry 😭😭😭

[@TheEndlessTravellerWales]

The real prince of Wales

[@TheMimifur]

I watched my Granda die with the cough - the mining souvenier but in another generation, no one will know. Max breaks my heart like when I watch footage of Aberfan. Where is it being told?

[@traceybraden6858]

TheMimifur my grandads n parc

[@Vesnicie]

Well, they did beautiful homage to Aberfan in an episode of The Crown.

[@paulsengupta971]

Likewise, Clare.

[@geraintpierce]

brakes me this song,i fill up

[@isabelmoynan7163]

He is just the best ever

[@nickbrick3953]

cwm marine colliery.................rem i went to an outdoor party on the outskirts of london.,,,,houseowner....a big name in banking, when asked for a welsh song ...i gave them this.....heads bowed and ashamed ...the party ended

[@seanhartnett79]

Yeah none of those rich people like being confronted with what they did.

[@michaelcoleman7783]

Wonderful Memories

[@davidgrosvenor1]

He is great!

[@brianswinscoe5412]

Brilliant just love him xx

[@carolinecollett4349]

Max Boyce In our little valley They closed the collery down And the pithead baths is a supermarket now Empty gurneys red with rust Roll to rest admist the dust And the pithead baths is a supermarket now 'Cause it's hard Duw it's hard It's harder than they will ever know And it's they must take the blame The price of coal's the same But the pithead baths is a supermarket now They came down here from England Because our outputs low Briefcases full of bank clerks That had not never been below And they'll close the valley's oldest mine Pretending that they're sad But don't you worry butty bach We're really very glad 'Cause it's hard Duw it's hard Harder than they will ever know And it's they must take the blame For the price of coal's the same But the pithead baths is a…

[@LisaJones-fp3ee]

I love how he says coffee breaks 3 times because you can imagine them drinking cheap coffee and getting sick of drinking it.

[@stevojames1813]

This is not a tale of a nation BUT of the 100'000's up and down 🇬🇧 who went underground to do the dirty work that powered the industrial revolution. Many died and suffered poor health and all they wanted a fair days pays for a day's work and a vibrant community to bring their families up. Many of those communities are still trying to find a purpose decades later. This was a failure of Government (all parties), poor Management and Intransigent Unions. All failed to protect those that worked so hard! Listen and reflect, this could be Bargoed, Balmore or Barnsley!

[@paulsengupta971]

My grandfather was a miner in Bargoed.

[@Steamtramman719]

A rather silly relative of mine was having the usual rant about Mrs T closing all the pits so I asked him if they re -opened a local pit if he'd go back down. "Don't be stupid boy how can I with this cough of mine". Black phlegm coughed up each time.

[@GillianRoberts-t5b]

An uncle of mine was a miner we never knew the half of what he went through

[@deanpotter7438]

Legend

[@SamMorrisPhotography]

GREAT

[@ecinomahaeugene]

It is a beautiful and a poetic song, Max Boyce at his eloquent best. But there's some false memory here. Those of us who grew up in Wales when the mines were struggling, and who were lucky enough to read the tragic novels of Richard Llewellyn and (especially) Alexander Cordell, know that coal mining was a curse and that the Welsh are well rid of the fear and the "mining souvenirs."

[@erichutchings1932]

Yes it would be hard been down a drift mine (scary) the man portrays lot's of things which as a Welsh man you should be proud. I'm English and proud of all what Scotland Ireland and Wales have achieved.

[@STFCstoneroses]

A song for the champagne socialists

[@griffcats]

Dan Jones Max worked underground for nearly 8 years right out of school and wrote this song when he got above ground. He is singing this because he lived it, and every second of it is true and heartfelt. Im sure he doesnt give a damn about champagne or socialists.

[@STFCstoneroses]

Think you've missed my point.

[@griffcats]

could be that I did. The "champagne socialist" revels in these type of songs, it is true. But it doesn't matter if they do.

[@richardjeffreys2437]

It is a Long lasting disease,, It travels through generations.....

[@garethdavies9848]

A poet and he doesn't know it my Dylan Thomas respect druid

[@williamllwyn1258]

Cymru Rydd!

[@Paddy30517]

Amen!!!

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[@welshblaenavon]

Not so much feeling with this live performance... But still great and max is no1 in wales!!

[@JohnPanto]

I found out a year ago that I have a 1st cousin in Christchurch that was given for adoption in 44. I am in constant touch with her, Da iawn am ddysgu Cymraeg. Where in N.Z are you ?

[@WheatleyBert-o9s]

Weldon Street

[@mattjames383]

From reading the comments, any reason people wondering why we hate the English at times

[@danielsauntiejo]

+Matt James I always wonder why the English feel a need to put their vile comments on videos like this, why do they search Welsh things to comment on. Just show themselves up all the time.

[@stephaniebarclay5620]

Love Wales

[@uli3651]

I am not responsible for the cunts in charge of my country. They can't even honour a democratic election.

[@FullersDuck]

I’m English, and I’ve loved listening to Max Boyce since I was a kid. Max is a Bard and a gentleman. This song fills me up every time I hear it. I knock out the melody on my harmonica and it still moves me. And when I look at what the English have done over the centuries to the other peoples we share this island with, well... it’s no wonder there’s resentment. Anyway, Cymru am byth!

[@kevthegerbil1958]

The pit head baths is a rubble now

[@carolinecollett4349]

Counting buttons - could be working in the mint

[@Funkopopsstorewalkthroughsunbo]

Diawn

[@johnpurcell7525]

Hope he dosent try this some foreign country might get wrong impression Think he was dangerous

[@sce2aux464]

Things change. Get a grip!