Yma o Hyd - Dafydd Iwan and The Red Wall | REACTION

[@leonbrooks2107]

"We're still here, in spite of everyone and everything, we’re still here.” When you’re Welsh those words have deep meaning.

[@leonbrooks2107]

Another beautiful thing about this song is that it’s written almost as a bardic tale. I highly recommend reading a translation as it talks of the where our individual culture comes from and the tests we’ve had to endure to hold onto that identity.

[@taffyducks544]

@@leonbrooks2107 and effectively the nations Birth. 383CE (Current Era)

[@JustSad66]

We Scots have Flower of Scotland. Kinda like and just as powerful to us!.l speak Gaelic, am learning Welsh.. we gave you al the W and Y we don’t have in Scots Gaelic!!’ Sorry Taffy Ducks.. im here too! Yma o hyd

[@peterlittlejohns9290]

Typical American- he almost (but doesn’t quite) get it , does he. I guess they just don’t have the same traditions and history! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@shanemorgan90]

Er gwaetha pawb a phopeth, Ry’n ni yma o hyd 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@georginabradshaw6140]

If your Welsh you know what this song means to us ... We are proud and strong and still here 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@elrat6668]

Makes me cry

[@jackrichards4609]

Makes me proud to be Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@stefan8969]

Cymreag am byth

[@almorgan68]

Moved from Cardiff in 22 now living in Cornwall I show my Welsh dragon tattoo with pride

[@CaelanDafydd]

Thank you for this reaction - great to see the message of Yma o Hyd out there. Dafydd Iwan went to jail protesting on behalf of Welsh language rights. Now in 2022 there are 35,000 Welsh people singing his song back to him - what a triumph!

[@paperflowers-ks6vv]

I've read a lot of the comments under the Yma o Hyd (before the Austria game) videos, and people notice he is crying. And assume it's because he's patriotic. Which is a bit true. But people outside of Wales don't understand the journey Wales has gone on with our language. Like you've said, it's triumph and also vindication, that his hard work paid off. As you'd know, nationalism wasn't taken seriously at all in the past, and people like Dafydd Iwan were kind of seen as 'crackpots'. (at least in my era). The language was seen as uncool, backwards. So to see a stadium of young and old, belting out what is a Welsh nationalist folk song, in Welsh (not all would have been Welsh speakers either) is nothing short of miraculous. It's Wales shedding the shame of the language and showing that on a national stage. That's why he's crying, IMO. It's amazing the difference the Cymru team have had on the national psyche!

[@CaelanDafydd]

@@paperflowers-ks6vv 100% spot on and this is why I am so in love with this national team! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@lizzielowndes618]

i am a welsh descedent (3rd generation) born and living in argentina. it is a deep emotion to Hear this song. although i am argentinian my welsh roots are deep. Yma o hyd in wales and also in patagonia

[@Apparel5Enigma]

Your welsh, land does not make you, your blood does your ancestors were welsh and so are you,

[@drpaulvfr3597]

Croseo BRAWD✌🏿✌🏿✌🏿

[@Tom-ed-w]

are you living in that welsh town in argentina ? many dont know about, im living in swansea south wales :)

[@lizzielowndes618]

@@Tom-ed-w there are severas welsh towns in argentina. have a look to the names in chubut province (trelew, trevelin treorchy and more)

[@Tom-ed-w]

@Lizzie Lowndes I watched a documentary about the towns in Argentina, kooks incredible how you kept the tradition going since then :) dw tomorrow night ill be looking into it more:) x

[@Tangerine10.]

This hits a proud Scot to the core, love to all Celts , superb my Welsh friends 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇨🇮

[@dalerthomas7335]

Beat Ukraine and that will be fuelling a fight between us both. Who will beat England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 pob lwc

[@drewwilliams6888]

Many thanks to the proud Scots. I just wish both of us could qualify

[@Tangerine10.]

@Chris Wings It good luck in Qatar pal , get the English pumped lol 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@drewwilliams6888]

@Chris Wings It Also, Scotland the Brave on the bag pipes. Brilliant

[@neilwilliams1518]

DA IAWN..[THANK YOU[ FROM A PATRIOTIC TAFF.DOWN WITH ENGLISH AGGRESSION

[@Zawiesta]

long live Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 be proud of your history, you’re an inspiration to every nation that struggles to preserve its identity.

[@crimsonshadow3089]

well we do predate most of them

[@christinecoates9449]

Thank you

[@rhob5730]

Diolch yn fawr. This song is one our gifts to the world, especially those fighting for thier minority culture/language.

[@Zawiesta]

@@rhob5730 Croeso 😊

[@rhob5730]

@@Zawiesta Diolch yn fawr, cariad :)

[@selwynwilliams2783]

I’m Welsh and proud of it, and I still cry every time I hear this song 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@ciankai]

this and the anthem get me every time.

[@tinadavies4195]

Me too.. ashamed to say I can't speak Welsh.. but everybody tell me I have a strong Welsh accent.. and that's good enough for me.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@saraparry7492]

Dan ni yma o hyd

[@lizdavies3867]

Thank you for playing this. We are all so proud.

[@GwynEllisHughes]

This anthem means so much, due to the fact that the generation of my parents were punished for speaking Welsh in schools. The English government tried to eradicate the Welsh language off the face of the land. And Dafydd Iwan (the writter and the singer in the clip) was jailed by the English government for protesting in the 1960s that the Welsh language STILL hadn't been officially recognised by the government. That's why Dafydd was so emotional. And believe me, EVERY WELSH person knows ALL of the words to this hymn to our nation's survival.

[@drpaulvfr3597]

Well said, well said indeed, YMA O HYD💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@carysmeredith9909]

It's an arrow striaght to the heart every time it's played. Pain felt deeply over generations, passed down in the DNA. Yn enewdig i siaradwyr Cymraeg, neu'r rhai wnaeth frwydro dros addysg Gymrage yn yr wythdegaf - fel fy Mam!

[@soldier2297]

You can also blame the Norman's for this to.

[@ComeRee]

@@soldier2297 we saw to the Normans #BattleOfAgincourt #EatOurArrows #InvadeOurLandsAndGetClapped #ShouldHaveLeftTheEnglishKingToHisFateThough

[@northbreeze0198]

True, always the French who mess things up haha. No but it's actually interesting what could have been instead if the Normans didn't win at Stamford Bridge in 1066. Could the isles have stayed Bretton/Nordic? Always thought about that as one of the most important battles in history.

[@annonimouse170]

I'm Irish and I love it. The sentiment is so relatable. As we're not there I'll be supporting Wales in the World Cup. We are Celtic cousins after all... Ymlaen Cymru Pob lwc!

[@Kerys23a]

I'm Irish/Cymry so I hate Ireland v Cymru events 🤣

[@keryntaylor3049]

@@Kerys23a -aah well, Ireland vs Cymru is a friendly game among cousins 🙂 We all boo for England together!

[@johnlewis-nk1js]

God bless Ireland too.

[@saturdayplayer2492]

So proud to be Welsh. As I've grown older it resounds deeply that my ancestry is Welsh. The land of song is truly blessed with the ability to enjoy its traditions.

[@TimOE2000]

Very proud to be Welsh and being able to speak the oldest language still spoken in Europe. We're still here.

[@CP-vq3cz]

Well, one of the oldest. Basque is far older. We don't know what language was spoken before the Roman conquest of Britain. It's thought not to be much older than olde ænglisc. And much like most languages the Welsh spoken today (in north or south) is not the exact same as it was. Just like English it had its early, middle and modern forms.

[@cianoaichir2725]

We love you our cousin's 🇮🇪❤️our culture's and heritage can't be broken. ❤️🇮🇪

[@tomosnj4423]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@cianoaichir2725]

@@tomosnj4423 nice 1 bro ❤️🇮🇪

[@AntonoirJacques]

Diolch i ti. Ni'n caru ein Gwyddelig cefndryd

[@cianoaichir2725]

@@AntonoirJacques God bless brother,you know yourself who you're brothers will be following this world cup..... please lads turn them over.... Welsh and Irishmen know who I mean😉❤️🇮🇪

[@Tangerine10.]

@@cianoaichir2725 Mon the Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Celts stand tall

[@philjones45]

There's a better version of this, filmed on the same night, it focused more on thd fans. Dafydd Iwan spent time in prison for his beliefs and actions. He is one of only a handful of individuals that shaped modern Wales. We now have bi lingual road signs, and all children of school age must learn the language. The result is almost 50% of the populstion can now speak some Welsh, 30% being fluent. These figures will now only rise.

[@christinequinn5355]

Yes. I have watched that version about 20 times. It was wonderful to see the father and son belting it out together. They will have that memory forever.

[@philjones45]

@@christinequinn5355 yeah, weren’t they great.

[@tombartram7384]

30%? Ti'n siarad cachu. Sdim syniad gent ti. Mwy fel 10%. Mae pobl un rhaffu celwydde yn y surveys mae nhw'n gwneud.

[@philjones45]

@@tombartram7384 "Main points. For the year ending 30 June 2020, the Annual Population Survey reported that 28.5% of people aged three and over were able to speak Welsh. This figure equates to 861,700 people. This is 1.1 percentage point lower than the previous year (year ending 30 June 2019), equating to 29,400 fewer people. "

[@tombartram7384]

@@philjones45 those figures obviously relate to people who know SOME Welsh. To claim that number of ppl speak it fluently AND use it as their preferred language, like I do, is absolute rubbish.

[@rayleeification]

From an English perspective Wales you have the best anthems and always have tie them to the greatest sound, a male voice choir, many years ago I was a delivery man all over the uk, one night I was driving through the Rhonda and going through a tiny village I stopped by a village hall, from which came the deep tones of a choir, singing a song in full voice, the most beautiful song title unknown it brought literal tears to my eyes, a thing I’ve never forgotten and every time I hear a male voice choir in song that same feeling covers me in goosebumps well done Cymru

[@divercunny]

It's always devastating when the Welsh sing collectively. Always was, always will be. Nobody else can do it.

[@johnboland6509]

This is an iconic song for us welsh putting up with tyranny. I speak for all the celtin nations,my beloved ireland,land of my parents, who were driving out by the English.This song is also for my celtic scotts cousins also.We are still here.despite what they try to do to us.This is our land historicaly.🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Tangerine10.]

Celts stand tall and together, God bless our Welsh brothers and sisters, love from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪

[@johnboland6509]

Thank you my friend,the english never will beat us celts.

[@emilythompson793]

As a Welsh woman, watching this filled me with so much pride. The words mean so much anyway, hearing all those Welsh fans with all that passion really reminded me that while we're a small country, we're strong!

[@karencrocker8070]

So proud to be Welsh and part of the incredible red wall … 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@elenamoseley4810]

luckyyy 😫 wish i had been there

[@justcallmefflower6677]

I have “yma o hyd” tattood on my forearm. I love explaining the song to southern English people - they’re so shocked we slag off Thatcher ahahahah

[@jwsoaresjones1560]

Southeastern people. Southwestern British people are Cornish, and have a Brythonic Celtic language like Cymraeg (Welsh to you Saes speakers)

[@justcallmefflower6677]

@@jwsoaresjones1560 you’d be surprised how many people from that end didn’t like me speaking Welsh. Came across it at uni - but tbf they probs werent proper cornish and that, just tories who had money and moved there innit

[@James-rc6qq]

Grown up in london my whole life but have been fortunate enough to be surrounded by welsh culture at London Welsh RFC. Im as English as it gets but with the very little welsh heritage I have, I feel very welsh

[@justcallmefflower6677]

@@James-rc6qq we feel that if you feel Welsh, you are Welsh 💖🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@MorganTC]

It's so funny how much us Welsh people slag off the English and I love it.

[@lawrencejamison9283]

Easily the match to a night at Anfield with less than half the crowd, it helps the Welsh can all sing as well. Have become obsessed with this song since hearing it yesterday and am currently watching every video I find it on. I don't know the language as I'm from Belfast but the heart and soul pours out of it and has my every hair standing on end. Come on the Wales at the world cup I'll be supporting you

[@SnakeyBlakey]

The atmosphere at Anfield is the biggest myth in football. Plenty of grounds absolutely bury it.

[@lawrencejamison9283]

@@SnakeyBlakey I've been there as an away fan with United several times. It was no myth anytime I've been there, the atmosphere is electric

[@SnakeyBlakey]

@@lawrencejamison9283 I've been there around 10 times and it was bang average every time. Doesn't compare to Celtic Park, Ibrox, St James's, Selhurst Park, West Ham. Even Goodison pisses on it.

[@lawrencejamison9283]

@@SnakeyBlakey I'll give you Celtic Park on a champions league night and old firm games but I can't imagine it's the same every Saturday. Plus to be fair everywhere we go as United the crowds are bang on it. I loved it at Shelhurst Park plus everytime I see them on tv they are constant with their atmosphere no matter who they are playing. West Ham at Upton Park was great the same as Spurs at White Hart Lane but their new grounds took something away. I was at Ibrox several times as a kid and teenager but it's basically just a sectarian hole and I grew out of that shit. Went to St James Park as a primary school kid for a p7 trip but never for a game, going to try for it after the world cup. Villa Park and Elland Road are great when we rock up there as well

[@mjohn2312]

@@SnakeyBlakey depends on the team liverpool are playing smaller teams don't deserve the atmosphere theyre reserved more for the big teams. Go to anfield on a big game day and you'll see for yourself its not a myth

[@nigelwilliams8537]

Just awesome and goose-bump powerful: thank you so much for your KZbin piece, which coontextualises 2,000 years of oppression, industrial colonalisation and 200 years of a concerted English campaign to stamp-out the Welsh language and muzzle us - all of which failed to destroy the spirit and language of Wales and the majesty and preservation of our 5,000 year-old Welsh language! I can't thank you enough for showing Yma O Hyd and sampling the immense pride and passion of a small, but ancient and dynamic Celtic nation, carving (still) a pride and identity out of our magical and timeless land. Nos Da, Dr. Nigel H Williams

[@knigweenis7092]

Yma o HYD "Currently thinking whether the playoff final for Wrexham ot Wales playoff final. Same fucking day

[@jamesmason8436]

Welsh isn't 5,000 years old. If you spoke contemporary Welsh to someone in Wales 1,000 years ago they wouldn't understand you.

[@williamtraep2984]

@@jamesmason8436 the British (Welsh) have been on the Island over 50,000 years obviously language changes. The Modern Welsh Celt language obviously changed from the central Europeans coming to Britain over 3000 years ago.

[@jamesmason8436]

@@williamtraep2984 Welsh is a celtic language, so its original form arrived with them around 4,000 years or so ago. Ancient Britons are all long gone. Replaced by the Celts. The Welsh and other modern Brits do not derive from them.

[@steviegoy8830]

@@jamesmason8436 yes they do. You must be English.

[@ivordavies8800]

Thank you for showing this. Wales (Cymru) is known as the Land of song and poetry. Our National anthem is even better.

[@jwsoaresjones1560]

The Anthem of Cymru is MIGHTY! ☔

[@keryntaylor3049]

Perhaps interestingly, there is also Land of Song, which is Korea; they were also always oppressed by the Chinese, the Japanese, the Mongols, etc. Just like us. Today, Korea is sweeping the world with their music and drama. Good for them! Let's follow their example!!

[@Buellxb9100]

The War Cry for Independence! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@margaretyronwy-davies8995]

We're not called The Land of Song for nothing, I'm so proud to be Welsh and yes we're still here, Cymru am Byth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@GreenGlassScarab]

The song never really went away. The Red Wall isn't a place, it's those people. Dafydd is pronounced like Davith (ie, dw i'n gwybod ddim rili)

[@TheSithari7]

Everytime I hear this song I cry and get goosebumps all over. Long live cymru 👑🗝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@keryntaylor3049]

Cymru am byth! (Wales forever). 🙂❤

[@bluebirdlegend]

There was over 33.000 at this match. I was in the Canton end - so moving. Incidentally Yma o Hyd was sung before every single Cardiff City match in the 2021/22 season (same stadium)

[@owenwilliams9666]

Cymru alternative national anthem, I was reading at a poetry event in a pub in the Rhondda and at the end of the evening we all sung this. Just as spine tingling.

[@johnroberts9845]

As a proud Welsh man I can clearly say this song is something special for us. I am choked with emotion just watching this again. Thank you for showing this 😁😁

[@welshy474]

Brilliant video....As a extremely proud welshman this song has a very deep meaning. We are a very proud nation with a spirt and fight that no man can break. We would stand side to side in battle and die for our small country. Many have tried over the years but we are still here !!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@AdamB9866]

The Vikings, The Irish, The French, the Romans, the English all invaded, and tried to subjugate the Welsh... but the language, culture and people still remain... we're still here!

[@welshwonderkids6975]

The Red Wall in full voice 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Together Stronger ❤

[@supersonicgin1467]

Honestly being Welsh if you want passion and pure love for a team you can not beat Welsh fans at the city stadium or anywhere for that matter! The majority of fans can’t even speak the language but learn the words for the songs! We are a small nation but with the crowd and the players working they’re socks off we are punching way above our weight! I’m so proud to be Welsh, also it’s great for Dafydd Iwan to get such recognition as he is a cult hero and deserves the recognition he’s finally getting. Cymru am byth🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@evilcommunistpicklerick3175]

Cytun yn lwyr!

[@jgibbs651]

Oh bless you, you had a go at pronouncing Welsh! The man's name is Dafydd (pronounced Daff-ith) Iwan (Ee-wan) and the song is Yma (Umma) o (Oh) Hyd (Heed). The name of the country in our own language is Cymru (Gum-ree) - the English never bothered trying to pronounce our place names, in some cases inventing their own, for example Abertawe they renamed Swansea because it is an estuary and there are swans on the sea!

[@BarnaclePD]

The name Swansea is actually Danish, the Vikings built a fort on an island in the mouth of the river, led by a warrior named Sven so it was called "Sveinn's Eye", which is Sven's Island in old Danish, that over time got Anglecised ito Swansea, Nothing to do with Swans whatsoever! =)

[@jgibbs651]

@@BarnaclePD Yet another non-Welsh name Its ABERTAWE.

[@WelshAmethystGirl087]

So proud to Welsh, we have been overlooked for many years but we are still here despite all that and God are we proud

[@gerainthughes1347]

Number one in the charts too bring on the world cup proud to be welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@welshed]

Absolutely fantastic. We won the game 2-1 too by the way and we’re now in the World Cup play off final. We will play either Scotland or Ukraine at home (so in Wales) in a one off game. The winner will go to the World Cup in Qatar and be in the same group as England and the US.

[@ioandavies8576]

This song is despite everything that we've been through we are still here. As a Welsh man this is my favourite song 🙂👌

[@tomwms9426]

Thank you for appreciating our country and language, respect to you too Sir. Diolch.

[@jinxvrs]

Cymru - Wales Cymry - the Welsh people Cymraeg - the Welsh language And yes, we're still here, even though a good few Saes wish we weren't.

[@taffyducks544]

Welsh in reality is a Germanic origin term. I'd replace it with British as the Cyrmo are the first nation British. And the English are British converts.

[@markaled4939]

Plenty of English live love and embrace us Welsh also. Don't let hate into your heart. As a Welshie who was severely racially abused by English folks for my Welsh identity while living abroad, I am now married to a wonderful English woman with beautiful British children. I intend for them to be proud of Wales, England and the UK as a whole, as we should all be.

[@CymruEmergencyResponder]

@@markaled4939 The UK, as a union, is incompatible with the Welsh identity. The UK is just England continuing its illegitimate colonial subjugation of the indigenous peoples of Britain. England itself is stolen Welsh land. Annibyniaeth rŵan!

[@danwilliams7423]

@@markaled4939 "Welshie"... Dic Sion Dafydd. The UK is nothing to be proud of.

[@keryntaylor3049]

... and "Cymreig" - things that are Welsh, other than the language (Cymraeg). 🙂

[@theboy2498]

We are the best country in the world every single fan is proud

[@fredgovani6480]

This is from the Heart. From Dayydd and more importantly the fans. So passionate. Cymru Am Byth!!

[@GeorgeChrist-z8u]

In parts of Wales, more South Wales , it is said those who cant play rugby end up in some type of Pugilism ..in early 20th century Wales had more boxing world champions for size of country than anywhere ..these days it is bare knuckle fighting where they excel . BUT what makes me laugh is that they actually ENJOY it. Funniest, craziest or most depressed peopke u will ever meet

[@kittyxxblackpinkfan8953]

im from wales and everytime we where singing our school song it was allways this song its very lovley

[@northbreeze0198]

We are still here. Such a strong statement. Cheers from Sweden!

[@MaceAroundTheWorld]

Cheers from 🇨🇦

[@hambutty1]

Great video pal. Almost impossible for you to understand yet.. the passion gets through to you. Da iawn ( well done) ... incidentally, Dafydd (Da- vith) Iwan (Ewe-ann) was jailed fighting for the Welsh language. This was an amazing moment for him

[@MaceAroundTheWorld]

Thanks for the comment. I got a really nasty direct message from someone else re: this video. Don’t know what I did, maybe they had a bad day. Anyways thanks, you flipped it around the balance the scale. Cheers 🍻

[@ilkkll5210]

@@MaceAroundTheWorld you done well mate and thanks for covering it and screw any haters most Welsh people will be very happy you checked it out and felt the passion.

[@nigelwilliams4800]

Unbelievable welsh fans Awesome proud to be welsh massive respect....

[@darrensaltmarsh8095]

This has become a real cult song in Wales at the international football games. Wales or Cymru (pronounced Cum-ree). You need to get the Welsh National anthem at a rugby game if you want goosebumps. Best feeling ever in a stadium!!! I’ll say you’re welcome now.

[@danwilliams7423]

Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau is far better at the football with no band and choir slowing it down. Just pure, raw passion, because the football crowd actually cares, it doesn't have to be orchestrated and performative.

[@markdonovan8884]

@@danwilliams7423 Welsh football fans absolutely detest rugby don’t they 😂

[@jameshumphreys9715]

If we qualify, this being sang surely only empower the Welsh team

[@V.C.S69]

Even Donny Osmond sang a song in Welsh “Myfanwy”, not bad either for an American with Welsh heritage.

[@kyleburston172]

Being Welsh every time I see him cry it makes me cry😭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@emmajohn1308]

I am Welsh. Yma o hyd is a song of triumph. Despite everyone and everything we are still here, and our language will survive. It is a song that is quite emotional to any Welsh person.

[@brt246]

Woooow great video Thank you , the video of him singing at the world cup qualifier against Ukraine with the rain pouring down was amazing 😍😍😍

[@haroldjones8645]

Dafydd Iwan He was imprisoned in 1970 for his refusal to pay fines for defacing English-language road signs as part of the fight for Welsh-language rights, serving three weeks of a three-month sentence.

[@AwaydayDiaries]

35000 people at the Cardiff City Stadium stood with Yma o Hyd that day, and there are some better videos of the crowd singing during the game against Austria. Hope you enjoyed!

[@kittyxxblackpinkfan8953]

Dwyt ti'm yn cofio macsen Does neb yn ei nabod o Mae mil a chwe chant o flynyddoed yn amser rhy hir i'r co' pan aeth Magnus Maximus O Gymru Yn y flwyddyn tri-chant-wyth-tri a'n gadael yn genedl gyfan A heddiw:wele ni! [part 2 comming now]

[@rhyswill01]

I was there for this, it was incredible to be a part of it

[@nick9690979]

Great Can you imagine what the crowd are feeling “It doesn’t matter what the whole world do to us We will always be here”

[@davidpowell8110]

We Welsh are born singing.

[@kosmik2867]

The best choir in the world without doubt

[@rhunl]

Mace - my first trip to your channel, and I'll definitely be back thanks to your reaction to one of our gems! I was there, and 30,000 voices lifting, in one of the biggest sporting events in our history, really hit the goosebump meter! Check out the soccer on Monday - Wales vs USMNT!

[@dcoxdon]

This song has absolutely changed my life. I've had issues for years with drug-resistant depression and the words to this song "We're Still Here Today" just made me weep the first time I saw it. The man who wrote it has an INCREDIBLE story (He just released his auto-biography in English). He pretty much saved the Welsh language. Back when the English were trying to get rid of it, Dafyyd (Song's writer) was jailed for defacing all of the signs written in English. I won't go into any more of his life (I'd hope people would read his book, it isn't that large but is amazing). I WILL say that at one point some people tried to get him involved in a plot against Prince Charles. He goes into that in the book as well. I wrote him an Email telling him what the song meant (I didn't even know if he spoke/read English but had to try)... I heard back within a couple of days and some amazing things have happened since then. I would encourage people who are interested in the writers FULL story (It should be a movie), I'd encourage you to pick it up on Amazon (NOTE. I am NOT making any money, commission, etc. for for... I truly believe this man's story needs to be told!

[@billyhughes805]

It's Welsh culture to sing at sporting events, you'll see it in rugby, football and boxing - see the older fights with the likes of Howard Winstone and you'll hear a crowd singing wonderfully.

[@benstradling7615]

Despite everything and everyone we are still here

[@margaretpace4285]

This gives me goosebumps..the best voices in the world..our anthem is the best in the world 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿x

[@rhys1441]

This video really doesn't do it justice I was there that night it was thunderous in that studuim. We are massive

[@karinfranzenmitchell8701]

Love it, love it, love it! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Lineysraceroom]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 This gets me everytime. 😢❤🐉

[@pjbloggs5491]

Er gwaetha pawb a phopeth Er gwaetha pawb a phopeth Ryn ni yma o hyd Ryn ni yma o hyd …. Despite everyone and everything Rpt We are still here Rpt Rpt Cymru (Wales) held out against the Saxons Vikings & Normans & then the amalgamation of all three known as the English. To preserve its poetic language Cymraeg (Welsh).

[@clairec1267]

Yma O Hyd is quite often sang during or after the Welsh football matches,men's and women's

[@davidphinton5322]

A very proud Welshman it comes down to that hundreds of years the English try to, eliminate are heritage and that's why we are still here the red Wall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@kentendo6453]

We are very much still here, small, proud and defiant 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@craigbaynham-evans9826]

Thank you for appreciating this good sir :)

[@debbieporter8610]

Thank You Sir For Trying To Say Our Language

[@mnk9073]

Dafydd Iwan basically reanimated the Welsh language from an as good as extinct language to something that is both taught and spoken again all by himself, so him singing a Welsh song in front of tens of thousands of young Welshmen belting the lyrics back at him in Welsh, their mother tongue, is essentially the victorious conclusion of everything he fought for all his life.

[@alisonlovatt6143]

Hardly extinct! World wide there are probably around a million of us who speak Welsh. Brilliant that more and more can join in through this song.

[@891Henry]

Don't forget - the Welsh language was banned for 400 years. There has been a great deal of English oppression. The Welsh are very proud and their language lives today.

[@JWRogersPS]

Cymru is pronounced COME-rhee. And the Red Wall (Wal Goch in Welsh) is the nickname of the fans and supporters of the Welsh national football team. Cymru am byth!

[@lisa0795]

This is my favourite reaction to this song. Thank you. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@JamesW.SoaresJones]

This song had a POWERFUL effect on me...goosebumps, raised hackles, a lump in my throat and watering eyes...what IS this song? I did not understand the title, the lyrics nor could I pronounce the song author/lead singer's name. I learned! Cymru am Byth!😮😮

[@puppyloveee-jn6ck]

Love my family, my friends and most of all being welsh🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 yma o hyd🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@sarriesspinnerz]

There's a better version of this that shows the welsh fans singing and the audio is better

[@cardifflad9669]

So proud to be Welsh ❤️

[@danielmorgan104dm]

Spine Tingling to us Welsh!

[@leegriffiths8927]

Nice video man . Diolch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@NEdits335]

i am welsh and have grown up with this song in school

[@GethStar]

I think this song was the inspiration for the "we are still here" speech in the Matrix Reloaded movie.

[@Jay-lk5bl]

It’s an amazing experience to be in a Welsh stadium whether it’s football or rugby when the fans are in full song Yma o hyd Cymru am Byth

[@Gilboy63]

You’re cool man! Thanks from Cymru.

[@Knappa22]

The lyrics of this song are so powerful e.g “When Magnus Maximus departed from Wales in the year 383, he left us as one nation, and today behold us. Still here.” The native Britons. Here before the Normans. Here before the Vikings. Here before the English. Here before the Romans. And *Still* here.

[@borisvolski]

I'm not even relatively close to have Welsh roots, but I feel this song so well

[@jwsoaresjones1560]

Welcome, Croeso to the Land of Spine tingling SONG and Language, Boris!

[@Broski2322]

We the forgotten nation. ! Americans don't even know where Wales is ! They say is that part of England!!!!

[@iammcwaffles5514]

I am so proud to speak Welsh.

[@tafflaff]

Loved you watching it. You get it, sounds like you get us. Listen to our anthem on 6 nations games against England. Well worth a listen

[@GamingBrosDad]

Honestly watch the virgin media version, captured the emotion so much better from someone who was there that night🔥❤

[@crispeybear]

Always welcome in wales with that voice, fella! Goosebumps 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🥰

[@Donkeh245]

We literally sang this in our primary school eisteddfod. Edit: im not sure if the other british isles have an eisteddfod

[@ReeceyBoy_4]

Mate this is the life absolutely beautiful stuff bro ❤️

[@TheBluebirdkev]

This is my iPhone ringtone, Frightens the crap out of me whenever the phone rings. Also my wake up alarm in the morning. Now tend to wake up before it goes off so i don't wake up the whole household.

[@fredgovani9392]

Yes - We will still be here, no matter what. Why - because we are a united nation that cares for each other and our country. Cymru am Byth