Nurse sings Myfanwy for Aberfan

Olwen Morgan, senior matron at Neath Port Talbot Hospital, sings 'Myfanwy' on 21st October, 2016, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan disaster.

[@thomasphillips8539]

Beautiful. My grandfather was from South Wales. He use to say, "you might meet a Welshman that can't sing but you'll never meet a Welshman that won't sing."

[@gazzaedwards1268]

Just saw this, a beautiful song sung by a beautiful voice by a beautiful lady, my favourite love song. I'll never ever forget Aberfan living only a few miles from there when this happened. My father went there to help dig those poor souls out after he'd finished a night shift at the nearby Hoover factory. RIP. XX

[@suenicholls2051]

What a voice. So clear and pure.

[@michaelgiovanelli3417]

What a lovely singer,I was 14 when the Aberfan disaster happened , it still affects me to this date,and what a tribute to all those that died to hear this lovely song. Rest In peace all of you Of Aberfan .

[@andybird3275]

Born an bred in Wales each an every time I hear myfanwy canol lan + the national anthem . It brings tears to my eyes . It makes me so proud of been born Welsh an how so many Welsh hymns and songs have such a effect on myself an my life in general

[@cheater21211]

Welsh is the senior language of Britain and all it's soul is in it's voice.

[@PLuMUK54]

Aberfan is etched upon my memory. Tears flow whenever I think of it, but this has had me sobbing. Such a beautiful voice. Such a beautiful way to honour the dead. Thank you.

[@danielamor5219]

Big shout out to howell williams who sadly passed away today he is being called a hero of aberfan saved many lives. His courage to go back into the disaster to save all those people not thinking about his own life now that is a true hero lets get this man's name about. Thank you Mr Williams for being you and having the courage to do what you did.

[@tommyatkins2446]

My mum is Welsh, this song makes me watery eyed at the best of times....this version had me sobbing from opening line. Outstanding voice and a beautiful tribute.

[@ohno7946]

I'm sat outside my work now in Finland watching an tears won't stop. Such a tragedy :( never forget.

[@kenlyneham4105]

It's difficult to write with tears streaming down my face after listening to such a beautiful rendition of "Myfanwy". The tears are twofold, my mother's name was Myfanwy, born Myfanwy Roberts, and the other is the terrible loss of those 116 children and 28 adults. The mine owners knew not to build a mine spoil tip on top of a spring, but they were driven by money. It was built in contravention of the NCB's official procedures, the tip was partly based on ground from which water springs emerged. That, is the true horror of it all.

[@mazzaprowse8803]

Breathtaking and so emotive. Beautiful tribute. Thank you so much.

[@GRUMPY0254]

I was a Derbyshire miner during this tragic day. I have never seen as many grown men openly in tears before or since. It still brings me to tears. God bless the poor souls who lost their lives, the relatives who have lost loved ones, and those emergency workers who had the task of recovering the bodies.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@PLuMUK54]

I was 12, and it was the first time that I had seen men cry. My walk home from school was a surreal event that I shall never forget.

[@stelun56]

How moving! I was ten when I saw this on the BBC. I lived in Neath and later played football against a German side from Dortmund which visited Neath. Together we visited Aberfan to show how respect for all those children who never saw the light of day again.

[@jonathanhorsman543]

I remember my friend Neil Powell sobbing inconsolably as the news broke.....he was in Harrogate and lost all of his school friends and family that terrible day. Where ever you are Neil, I've never forgotten you.

[@PatrickKelly-lz3pv]

I was eighteen years old and working in a coal mine at the time this horrific event happened I cried unconsolably, i just listened to this wonderful nurse singing and it all came back to me I have never cried since then but once more tears came pouring from my eyes, I feel guilty for not helping even though it came over the news not to go to Aberfan because there were thousands of people there already.

[@thefmconsultancy]

Can we not find him on social media?

[@griffdaz1982]

@@PatrickKelly-lz3pv @Patrick Kelly my word's may seem nonsensical and certainly you will have heard it many times but although you clearly do, you should not feel such guilt Patrick. I too carry a guilt from my own service . It took years of intense therapy to realise there was "absolutely nothing" I could have done that would have altered the outcome. I hope this does not sound patronising. Many things in life are simply beyond our control. I know my words will not ease your suffering. But please know I genuinely understand and care. I cannot imagine the pain and suffering of that day and still today. Although I was not born it breaks my heart. I am not great at words but I do understand.

[@paulharvey2396]

Thank you for singing this so beautifully God bless you and all the nurses working in Wales amen

[@jennifernightingale9342]

I've heard this sung by many an accomplished voice but never so moving l and never so hauntingly beautiful.A pure tribute - a real calon lan.

[@darrengill4765]

And a Pure Voice. Sorry I don't know what that is in Welsh, though I do understand the meaning of Calon Lan. I was 4 years old at the time of this terrible disaster.

[@gwynethgrove772]

What a voice... no accompaniment. So much joy and feeling in her voice. Very moving.

[@behornedhorse4913]

It's a sad song

[@ray272ray]

Brilliant, no music and, no other backing voices, Tears running down my cheeks. Well done lady

[@rplant2259]

This lady has such a lovely voice. 55 tears to the day and still remembered. Even though I wasn't born in 1966, the grief still lingers the generations. R.I.P to all 144 lives lost and sympathies with the people of Aberfan. Ancestor of Yorkshire coal miners

[@maryedwards3063]

A beautiful voice, so full of emotion. No musical accompaniment.Amazing

[@janesmith9024]

Wonderful. Well sung. I might not be Welsh but I am from a mining family (the Durham coal fields) and I sing every day and I remember Aberfan. I had just started school in 1966 and we prayed so hard for those children. They will never be forgotten.

[@Bruce-1956]

I remember coming home from school and hearing about Aberfan, I was 10 at the time living in Fife, it still hits me when I hear the name Aberfan. May the children and their teachers Rest In Peace.

[@AlexHurleyMusic]

Such a stunning tribute to a tragic event that should never have happened. Absolutely beautiful and moved me to tears. ❤️

[@kevangreenhalgh9806]

With love from Bolton .x

[@fionaforward3358]

What a terrible,terrible tragedy.I always cry when I hear this song.This ladyhas a beautiful voice.God bless you all in Aberfan.

[@micheleedwin4004]

Always loved this song and the lady has a wonderful voice. I, too, am crying. Poor people.

[@peterblackfly9437]

I was at a primary school in norfolk when at assembly our head master offered prayers to those children of my age , it was the first time I heard a "grown up" weep. I still weep when I am reminded of this tradgedy

[@keithmullin137]

Couldn't stop the tears from the moment she started singing - such a moving tribute and memory to those poor souls on that terrible day

[@raymondburgess8327]

I passed the Aberfan disaster site the night after it happened. I saw the lights on the mountain slurry where civil defence workers and volunteers were working. God Bless those lost ,those berieved and those striving to find survivors.

[@yvonnepetty3400]

Beautiful. I was a Nurse. Remember that awful day. My Grandad worked down that Mine My father's brother s went to the School. I was working in England. The other Welsh Nurse who came from there went home to help clean the Children. It was heartbreaking 💔 😢. I now live in Africa 🌍 💔 😢.

[@yvonnepetty3400]

@kettleroland656@ Thank you . I will never forget that day l am sorry I am getting over the death of our only Son. We are devastated .lost our only Daughter 8yrs ago. Keep safe 🙏 ❤️

[@clivedytor2069]

Still remember that terrible day. Only a child then…same age as the youngsters who went to school and never came home. X

[@bonitajukes2784]

Aww how eerie, yet beautiful and touching.

[@gwynethdodgson1350]

Just beautiful - moved me to tears.

[@PoachedEgg]

Moved beyond comprehension by this amazing voice, Olwen you are an angel in so many ways Thank you

[@anthonyhopkins7977]

I was nine years old when this happened, remember it as if it was today. god bless all those lovely angels

[@christopherlane2552]

My late Father was a Port Talbot man 1925 to 2004 God Bless Him

[@raycutajar629]

I never tire of listening to this beautiful rendition of Myfanwy by this beautiful lady. She sings it with such heartfelt feeling and splendid intonation, she never fails to bring a lump to my throat. So very well done! I was 8, the same age as many of the Aberfan children, at the time of the tragedy and can remember my teacher telling us about it all and asking us to pray for the victims. My school was at Siggiewi, a little country village in Malta, far away from Aberfan, but our hearts were with those who perished. Thank you for this video and again, well done to the lady singer.

[@Aldous944]

To the angels who died that day. I was at my gran's, in the Rhondda Valley the day tragedy struck. I was the same age as many who died in the school. We will never forget you, dear little ones.

[@carolynjones5142]

Aldous Smith same here born and bred A RHONDDA OLD GIRL .SHE HAS A FAB VOICE.GOD BLESS YOU FROM YSTRAD RHONDDA

[@SeanMacOirc]

God bless them all. R.I.P.

[@MrHobgoblin1098]

Voice of an angel dedicated to the little angels of Aberfan.

[@stevenprice4988]

Well spoken

[@edwardsenjur6566]

The most beautiful song in the world. Goosebumps.

[@Tocsin-Bang]

Why am I sobbing my heart out?

[@brianswinscoe5412]

So beautiful thank you an amazing voice.Eileen and Brian

[@kristopherashley7524]

Had me in tears Watching and Listening, Just Beautiful, Won't beat a Beautiful Song sung in Welsh. God Bless Aberfan. NEVER WILL BE FORGOTTEN!!! Cofio

[@acacialodge7477]

Such a beautiful lady with a voice full of passion and caring love,I have watched this video many,many times and shed tears each time,thankyou Olwen,you are blessed and may you be blessed forever !!!! just beautiful > You make me proud to be WELSH.

[@davidmarkersnr.1888]

A beautiful voice and tribute and the tears are on my cheeks again. I was in lorry drivers digs not far away and I remember seeing the reports on the TV and lorry drivers watching with silent tears at the tragedy. They appealed for tipper trucks but I was driving a flat trailered artic so could only watch in helpless horror.

[@giholdaway]

Thank you I remember as a boy on the other side of the world hearing about Aberfan. What a terrible thing. Anyone from where I come from feels at least a little connection with Wales. I will never forget the overwhelming hospitality of my 3 or 4 days there in 1978. The All Blacks are there again now. I'm also the husband, son, brother, nephew and cousin of nurses ... so that's another reason for me to appreciate this wonderful lady. God bless you all - and good luck tomorrow!

[@kennethdavies8798]

Beautiful I was there just after 9am that day will never forget it God bless all those that died and the wonderful people that came to help.. From Merthyr Bor Police

[@Toranaboy634]

Howling here. I was six when this frightful disaster happened. Wales responds, appropriately, with song. What a gorgeous performance. Go nurses! Especially Welsh ones.

[@jamesmacpherson7614]

Brings tears tae yer eyes 😢

[@michael1714]

It certainly did to mine 😢

[@just-dl]

Beautiful song; beautiful voice. Thank you. May Aberfan never be forgotten.

[@stevenprice4988]

We will never forget those little angels

[@benjones8405]

This song gives me goosebumps every time I hear it, but it’s just something about her voice just makes it that much better!

[@bettyforward119]

Owen Morgan you have the voice of an angel and I never tire of hearing you sing Myfanwy I have chosen as my song of choice for my funeral thank you xxx olwen

[@troyleedswhite]

so moving.voice of a angel.God bless you.

[@andybird3275]

Will always bring tears to my eyes as the aberfan disaster seems like yesterday an the feeling of such a tragedy is never forgotten

[@brianmurphy8947]

Well sung Olwen!!! This song is so evocative of Wales! Very appropriate to commemorate the Aberfan tragedy. Parry was a genius!! I attempted to sing it in his house in my version of Irish Welsh! it was a pleasure for me , whatever about the unfortunate Welsh listeners!!!

[@nancyanderson5310]

Fantastic! Thank you for sharing such a glorious tribute, such a unifying beauty that memorializes such a horror of inhumanity. Those little ones who were killed can hear and know that they AND THEIR NEEDLESS DEATHS are not forgotten. Tragically the sick minds that did not heed the warnings are now multiplied in the earth. Lord, hear our prayer.

[@maureenbunney9026]

So very beautiful.😥❤️

[@teggwynlewis9803]

Incredible, always brings a tear to my eye no matter who’s singing, greatest love song ever written

[@keithpearson302]

Wonderful. A delightful and sincere tribute at the anniversary of this truly dreadful event. Very moving.

[@mazzaprowse8803]

I was 14 when this tragedy happened. In our school assembly we had a 2 minute silence - not a dry eye in the room. Nearly a whole generation wiped out in a moment. The magnitude of the disaster was very hard to take in. Still can't think of it without welling up.

[@MOGGS1942]

If anything proves the non existence of god it was this tragic event. Much respect and love to this lovely lady for giving such a moving, beautiful, interpretation of a glorious song.

[@paulferris3659]

Ychydig o leisiau sy'n gwneud i mi grio ond fe wnes i grio fel babi ... hardd Few voices make me cry but I cried like a baby ... beautiful

[@ragnarl9130]

Absolutely stunning,, sheer audio bliss

[@anthonywilliams9900]

Aberfan was a heart breaking time ,I was 26 a the time ,it broke my heart,I cried for all those school children,god bless them

[@anthonyhopkins7977]

most beautiful I've ever heard. makes me homesick.

[@atheling1066]

The Aberfan disaster was one of the first news stories I can remember from when I was a child and I still remember the terrible day and i still cry for the children, the teachers the parents and the relatives. And it should never have happened, it could and should have been prevented.

[@NorfolkEnchants]

There were a few programmes aired on BBC Wales last year for the anniversary, one of which focused on what happened before and after the disaster and it became apparent that local people had been telling the coal board for years that they were concerned about the slag heap and feared something like this might happen if it wasn't addressed but since that would have cost money the coal board ignored them and everything continued on as usual. It's so sad but watching the programmes and learning about how easily this could have been prevented makes me so mad because yes, on the one hand we can say that we 'learned' from this tragedy but it took the lives of so many for the coal board to 'learn' something which they should have already known in the first place. And whilst the men and women of the village and surrounding areas spent their time trying desperately to save any lives that they could the coal board sat around coming up with excuses, they should never be forgiven for what they did.

[@johnboyle3297]

atheling1066 same here I remember seeing it on the news many years later I had occasion to drive through Aberfan and felt a great silence realising that virtually a whole generation was gone, our generation, only ever encountered that kind of silence one other time and that was Auschwitz. Whilst many of my pals remember 1966 solely for England’s great victory in the World Cup for me 66 will always bring Aberfan for most to my mind.

[@stephenminett111]

atheling1066 I feel the same I maybe 8 but my great great grandfather was deputy headteacher but he survived and I was shown on TV for the 50 anniversary

[@martinhill7326]

Now they've done the same to the Hillsborough victims. The establishment have stuck by their own and no-one gets the blame

[@rainecoleman2644]

I remember sitting in my middle school lunch room and all the teachers were whispering as I was in the eldest class we were told the news so our class and teachers organised a collection for flowers have been to the cemetery as an adult and was stunned afterwards for hours with emotion

[@pauldean8638]

Song of a nightingale , I bet hearing her voice sooth the most restless mind

[@ivorday2770]

Tears for the hearts that never mend.

[@kathrynjones6009]

Lovely, from a colleague....just exploring my roots. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@spuds4t]

A beautiful, beautiful voice with such sincere expression - Oh! Joy! Thank you.

[@jsk9756]

My village I grew up in the Alan valley all the men went up to see if they could help so tragic. Very very sad. 😢 beautiful voice god bless all those who lost their lives that awful day. R,I,P. Aberfan 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️✝️

[@robertmcgregor8299]

Stunning voice and a fitting tribute

[@denisephillips2337]

What a beautiful tribute , beautifully sung , a tragic event that should never of happend love to the families that were involved in this horror, I was only 4 at the time this happend and remember hearing it being talked about .

[@violetkirk4729]

A beautiful tribute this has moved me to tears.

[@rayford3300]

I’m proud to have married the daughter of hard working hill farmers in South Wales. She left Wales, aged 18 years in 1942, to train as a nurse in London. I hope our four children will grow up also being as proud of their roots and heritage as Mair, who is now 100 years old. When visiting, at times, she can often be be heard singing old Welsh hymns in her native voice which delights me.

[@samanthadearman62]

Beautiful, made my eyes leak, I remember the Aberfan tradegy as a young girl and made me cry then.

[@littleme77]

Beautiful, tears run down my cheeks every time l hear this.

[@daveroberts418]

Beautifully sang and a moving tribute to that very sad Day

[@rainecoleman2644]

Love this my favourite song her voice is so marvellous and haunting ,thankyou Joseph Parry for writing this song way back then ..falch o fod yn gymraeg

[@beckymoore1981]

Brought tears to my eyes. We will remember them our lost souls

[@tombillsborough3774]

A voice of great beauty and such a wonderful tribute to the memory of Aberfan

[@arthurpreddy4458]

Tears sad to remember but beautiful and we will always remember with great sadness x

[@DaiElsan]

Beautifully sung. Tears once more.

[@andrewuk2683]

Angelic voice. No other way to describe it

[@angelacairns8568]

Having been born in South Wales (Bridgend) a twin (to a brother named Andrew who, sadly died only hours old) This fabulous tribute brought me to tears, floods of tears. My Grandfather was called to assist at the disaster as he was in what was then known as the St John's Ambulance Brigade. It affected him deeply for the rest of his life and what made it even more tragic was when the men folk went to collect their jackets from where they had just dropped them to the ground (so they could get to the teachers and children buried under the slag) Grampy Dawe told us that many of their pockets had been pick pocketed. All four of his boys worked down the mines in their early years that was simply the way it was. Few other jobs were available in the village. My Welsh family rarely spoke Welsh when we returned each year for a holiday as it had been made a crime to speak it when the language was banned by Henry the eighth. So it kind of fizzled out down the generations. However when I heard them speak Welsh occasionally in my Great Grandmother's and Grandmothers home I silently cried with its beauty. Something stirred in me, even at the age of three. As my mother was English, our family went back to her home in the Cotswolds. Not because she was homesick, but because she lost all her hair (which she could sit on, it was so long) lt was because she worried from the second Da left the house until the second he came home for fear the siren might sound which informed our small village that there had been one or more of the mine shafts had collapsed, exploded or flooded and all the women would rush to the scene to see if their loved ones were dead or alive. Welsh was never spoken in our home as we would not have been accepted in the community in Stow-on-the-wold, l even had to stop calling him Da, because l was teased so much. But his Welsh accent never left him. This led me to learn and sing the old Welsh lullaby So-gan (at 56 yrs young) at his funeral as a tribute to him and his family and the many many people who worked and died as a result of the coal mining industry, and especially those children and Adult's who died in Abervan. I am now learning Welsh, all be it very slowly. I feel l owe it to them somehow. Angela Cairns ne Dawe.

[@olly5764]

Every time I watch this video it still reduces me to tears, Da iawn Olwen Cariad!

[@bobaxe6197]

I remember that day very well as my Father and Uncle were both there but to their dieing day as their both dead now they would never talk about what they saw or what they did but it must have been horrible and what a fine tribute to all those who suffered that day and may they continue to REST IN PEACE as they will NEVER be forgotten as they paid the real price of coal.

[@dianecolville3331]

Why you did not put my message on it about my deaf and from Treharris and I am deaf recently.... shame you ....... I am ask wish who can put subtitle for me to be fair with hearing..... I would love to hear a lady who sing at hospital ........ Thank you DFC

[@GoogleUser-dwcy]

@@dianecolville3331 *1.* Paham mae dicter, O Myfanwy, Yn llenwi'th lygaid duon di? A'th ruddiau tirion, O Myfanwy, Heb wrido wrth fy ngweled i? Pa le mae'r wên oedd ar dy wefus Fu'n cynnau 'nghariad ffyddlon ffôl? Pa le mae sain dy eiriau melys, Fu'n denu'n nghalon ar dy ôl? Why so the anger, Oh Myfanwy, That fills your dark eyes Your gentle cheeks, Oh Myfanwy, No longer blush beholding me? Where now the smile upon your lips That lit my foolish faithful love? Where now the sound of your sweet words, That drew my heart to follow you? *2.* Pa beth a wneuthum, O Myfanwy I haeddu gwg dy ddwyrudd hardd? Ai chwarae oeddit, O Myfanwy  thanau euraidd serch dy fardd? Wyt eiddo im drwy gywir amod Ai gormod cadw'th air i mi? Ni cheisiaf fyth mo'th law, Myfanwy, Heb gael dy galon gyda hi. What was it that I did, Oh Myfanwy, To deserve the frown of your beautiful cheeks? Was it a game for you, Oh Myfanwy, This poet's golden flame of love? You belong to me, through true promise, Too much to keep your word to me? I'll never seek your hand, Myfanwy, Unless I have your heart with it. *3.* Myfanwy boed yr holl o'th fywyd Dan heulwen ddisglair canol dydd. A boed i rosyn gwridog iechyd I ddawnsio ganmlwydd ar dy rudd. Anghofia'r oll o'th addewidion A wnest i rywun, 'ngeneth ddel, A dyro'th law, Myfanwy dirion I ddim ond dweud y gair "Ffarwél". Myfanwy, may your life entirely be Beneath the midday sun's bright glow, And may a blushing rose of health Dance on your cheek a hundred years. I forget all your words of promise You made to someone, my pretty girl So give me your hand, my sweet Myfanwy, For no more but to say "farewell". Some of the Welsh lyrics don't fit with what she sings, it's the version I found on Wikipedia.

[@benjamin-Oreo2023]

im a senior nurse practitioner i respect anyobe who was around on that sad day 21 october 1966 when nanny told me of what happened was worse than training and being told Cymru Am Byth dduw bendithia pob un o'r 144 a fu farw yn Aberfan. For the english god bless every one of the 144 who died in Aberfan

[@seanmay6878]

This is just amazing to listen to and will never forget the appalling tragedy that day was living in Australia at the time. So sad

[@BruceJackson-lx2dw]

A lovely song, sung here with great feeling. RIP all those departing souls at that terrible catastrophe.

[@andrewbutler6477]

Wow awesome my late dad loved this song he was at aberfan helping with the rescue feel so emotional hearing this song my family are from Merthyr Tydfil near aberfan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@martingodfrey1775]

How sweet of you to sing such a fitting tribute.

[@ianmacdonald7470]

Reminded of this beautiful song after hearing it on last night's One Show. It was a tribute to a young lad who had lost his Gran

[@hilaryjoyce6237]

A moving tribute to such a tragic disaster.

[@stevebirmingham9650]

That lady can sing big respect

[@alanjones6584]

beautiful,brought me to tears

[@davidevans877]

Such a beautiful rendition commemorating such a tragic event in our history

[@scruttles]

Beautiful. Thank you..

[@mickthornley7210]

I adore this tune by a male choir but this is sung with such angelic notes, well done 👍

[@neilanthony3191]

Outstanding, wonderful tribute.

[@karenmartin4479]

Absolutely stunning xxxx

[@bjr1979]

On that day tears from across the world,