I'm a Welsh noble, I mobilized Wales 'gainst the English
(He is Owain Glyndwr!)
Fought King Henry Four because Wales abhorred English rules
(He's not unusual!)
But, my uprising, it went a bit wrong, and this song tells the surprising tale
Owain Glyndwr
Welsh hero, of the hour
It all began 'cause my neighbour's a vindictive man
Baron Grey De Ruthyn was spreading untrue things 'bout me
Said I was a rebel who planned to repel England's king
(On the green grass of home!)
Not really true but, more than a few were convinced
(We were ready to fight!)
So, I decided, to take up the mantle, was given the handle of Prince
Of Wales!
You don't have to be Welsh to feel Welsh pride
Even kingsman Henry Hotspur ended up on my side
He claimed Welsh ground, then in Hereford rain, meant
The king nearly drowned, washed away in his tent
So partly thanks to Welsh weather
I was crowned, think I'm gonna' dance now
I had great plans for new government, new law, and churches
(So, what's new, Pussycat?)
But Henry the fourth had dried off and revenge was his game
(Thought that he'd help himself!)
We were defeated, he blocked supplies to Wales
Our crops failed and starvation came
Owain Glyndwr
My family sent to the tower
As Welsh towns fell, and we all know that never ends well
So I disappeared, but my name is revered throughout Wales
Owain Glyndwr
Father of the fight for Welsh power
Welsh legend holds that should Wales ever need someone bold
I'll rise up to help them, mind you, I'm six hundred years old!
Henffych, well I'r arwr mawr Cymru
Owain Glyndwr!
