Lyrics

All My Pals (O Aber i Ryfel)
Frank Blades


[Verse]
A sunny April evening as I climb on board the train,
A brisk breeze down the estuary has blown away the rain,
The platform dressed in uniforms has not seen such a crowd,
Girlfriends waving handkerchiefs and fathers standing proud,

[Chorus]
Lambert, Wyatt, Davies, Bevan,
Edwards, Richards, Miles,
Harper, Walker, Morris, Evans,
Here are all my pals.

[Verse]
The geese fly down the Teifi, as the whistle screams goodbye,
The last thing that I see before the steam clouds fill the sky,
Around me, laughing, joking are my school friends by the score,
Enlisted together; we will journey into war.

[Chorus]
Lambert, Wyatt, Davies, Bevan,
Edwards, Richards, Miles,
Harper, Walker, Morris, Evans,
Here are all my pals.

[Verse]
The warships brought us here to some place called Gallipoli.
The waves crashed on the sea cliffs for as far as I could see,
The Ottoman were waiting but we fought like men possessed,
The bullets took the bravest; Poseidon took the rest.

[Chorus]
Lambert, Wyatt, Davies, Bevan,
Edwards, Richards, Miles,
Harper, Walker, Morris, Evans,
Here are all my pals.

[Bridge]
So on that wet November morning, as the wreaths are laid,
To lie beside the rugby club where most of us had played
The townsfolk will remember, our names are carved in stone
And with The Last Post sounded; at least we’re not alone.

[Chorus]
Lambert, Wyatt, Davies, Bevan,
Edwards, Richards, Miles,
Harper, Walker, Morris, Evans,
Here are all my pals.
Drury, Fearnley, James and Bowen
Davies, Rees, Tudor,
Thomas, Roberts, Jones and Owen,
Sleep forever more.


[Coda]
Thomas, Roberts, Jones ac Owen,
Cysgu ar lan y môr.