Words and music by Richard Homer
4/4,110 bpm Intro CFC/FGC
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One old man, with a / dog on a / chain,
a / man with a / dog on a / chain
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walking / behind the / animal, both / slow
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I stop, / greet them, / then I / go
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knowing I’m / bound to bump / into them / again
I’ll / bump into / them / again
A woman I talked to, who, / thirty years / ago,
a / woman who / thirty years / ago
came from the / north of / England to here
where they enjoy the / warmth of the / Ysgyryd bragging / air
to see the Blorenge / sunset / come and then / go
the / Blorenge sunset / come and / again
My neighbours, most of / them are getting / on, /
oh, / they’re getting / on
with the / afflictions that they / now have to / bear
in the warm summer / evening or the / bitter winter / air
when the bird, the / leaf, the / last train have / again
when the / bird, leaf, the / last train have / again
Going to Gary’s shop, the / tarmac is / bright,
the / tarmac is wet, / whining and / bright
I pick up some / beer, a / Strongbow / pack
Janet checks the / money, I / quiet trek / back
home, I turn the / wireless / on for the / night
I / turn the wireless / on for the / night
Waiting on the // post-midnight floor / here
I think of those that / came / into my / thought just / now
when I / return, I’ll / try to kow / tow
to the memory of the / evenings of / quiet glass / cheer
the / evenings of / quiet glass / cheer
When I get back to my / tropical / home
I’ll think / what the place / meant
After a / long, hot, / sweaty day is / through
I’ll get a cold / beer, then / I’ll drink / to
the old men and / women of the / Mardy, in / Gwent
the / people of the / Mardy, in / Gwent
repeat line 2, 3 with the / boys and / girls of the / Mardy in / Gwent, the / people of the / Mardy, in / Gwent
One old man, with a / dog on a / chain,
a / man with a / dog on a / chain
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Ending CFGC
