CANU ADFYWIAD GWLADGAROL, Patriotic Rebel Music, we have no rebel struggle, so let us at least learn some Rebel Patriotic Songs.

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Two things have come to mind to prompt me into sticking this post up fast before I go off and about again, one was the matter of a certainb patriots anguish that a relative had not only joined the British Army but was also involved in recruiting for them. The other was hearing the news that Rhys Mwyn was going to release a CD of old Commandante Cayo FWA accordian music and Irish rebel songs, these two prompters are not unrelated. I remember being told by an ''Old Welsh Republican'' that they used to go into Dole Officers and Libraries and remove any British Army Recruiting leaflets, those were the days!!! That was many moons ago, in days of Pedr Lewis an ''Old Welsh Republican'' who was still active in the 70's and 80's with the Troops Out Movement, then this was an alliance of numerous radical Welsh Nationalists and Republicans with Socialists of many description who would hold Anti - British Army/Recruiting Protest Pickets and Demonstrations. NOT ANY MORE IT APPEARS??? Not by Welsh Nats/Reps anyway!

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A recent Cardiff Demo/march/Rally against the setting up of a British Military Establisment at St Athens did not attract similar Nat/Rep support, mainly because PLAID dodged away from the issue, it's usual collective of Pacifist Anti - Militarist CND Supportes were warned that it could embarraz PLAID, not least it's WAG Coalitionists who favoured the setting up of a ''Welsh Sandhurst''. Jobs you see! thus to oppose could have lost them votes in recent election, dear me! I am sure if you do a clever search on web you will find more information on this but lets cut to the chase and get down to the music.

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I have been told that Rhys Mwyn is to release a CD of rebel music and songs by our Commendant Cayo FWA. That should be something worth looking forward to but while your waiting what about all this, see below which I found on the web whilst surfing for info, not the below so when it cropped up, pleasant but bit baffling suprize, FREE WALES ARMY MUSIC ON MY SPACE > http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=208802211 We could do with some Rebel Rock but a for my old taste, I would prefer something a bit more in the traditional rebel style, similar to that of Ireland, as example with rebel lyrics that have some good relevent patriotic purpose, as Anti - British Army Songs, see > BBC - History - 1916 Easter Rising - Rebel Songs His introduction to traditional Irish songs came from a chance meeting at a fair ... He encouraged Irishmen to join the British army in the belief that by ...www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/easterrising/songs/index.shtml - 27k - Cached - Similar pages . Plus who could forget > Oliver's Army by Elvis Costello Songfacts Costello's song is a general anti-military statement, it's main target is .... The British Army is OUR army. Northern Ireland is and always will be British. ...www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2948 - 31k - Cached - Similar pages .

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We have not much similar in Wales, we could really do with an Irish Style Rebel Ballad Band, all we have at the moment is ''Canu Cymraeg'' but that's not exactly really rebellious, is it? I would anyway like to see a band that sings to our ''anglicised'' youth in our ''anglicised'' areas. I mean songs like Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! the Boys are Marching, not as 'Yma o Hyd' and similar, we need songs that are a bit more combative than defensive. Plenty of Welsh Rebel songs about, in a number of Rebel Song books, but apart from ''Garibaldi'', I have heard of no one else who bothers to still sing them. Other than this music wise all we got is the Cambria Marching Band, which is better than nothing despite the ''Cilts'' > Cambria Band :: Band Drwm "Cambria" Drum Band In a Ceremony involving hundereds of locals and many visiting Welsh dignitaries gathered in the church and on the streets cambria Band performed possibly ...www.cambriaband.com/ - 88k - Cached - Similar pages. A patriotic band but not quite as really patriotically rebel as we could do with but at least Band Cambria is about practical patriots doing positive things, not just the usual do nothing ''Knee Jerk'' Posturing patriotism we see more of these days rather than any ADFYWIADWYR GWLADGAROL ACTIVISM = PATRIOTIC ACTION!!!

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Adfywiadwr Gethin.