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Saturday, 9 August 2014

What kind of Welsh are you?

 
 
What kind of Welsh are you?
 
 
Are you the Llewellyn ap Caractacus Pott
the Eurgain Gaeaf bollocks?
Are you Ich Dien
or Twll Din ir Cwin?
 
The Roath Hipster
the Gwynedd Young Farmer
The Cofi dre
or Bangor lad?
 
Are you town, country or citified
chicken curry, half and half
or hanner a hanner if you don't mind.
 
Penarth Grump
Canton Dread
 
Are you the snail in the Western Mail?
Are you Vale or Valley?
Are you Port or Pillgwenlly?
 
Are you a Denbigh dog
or a Rhuthun cat?
 
Are you Nos Sadwrn Abertawe?
 
What are you?
 
Are you a football fan?
or a Rugby Dan?
 
Are you East
or West is Best?
 
Are you Gog or Hwntw
or Mwynder Maldwyn?
 
Are you young, old, red, white and green?
 
Are you Mam or Mamgu
or a hope to be?
 
Cos Indeed to Goodness look you!
your bardic dress, your coron, your chair
makes it look like you've been to the fair. 
 
 
 


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