Lyrics

Aberfan (written by Dinny Coates Siersema)

In the small Welsh town of Aberfan
for days the rain did fall
down on the heart of Aberfan
the mountain began to crawl?

The little children of Aberfan
were in their school that day
when the big coal mountain above them high
began to rumble and sway?

Oh the big black mountain of rock and slag
began to tumble down
it buried the children in the ground
in a town called Aberfan.

They worked with their picks all through the day
dug with their shovels and hands
kept on digging all through the night
in a town called Aberfan?

They dug two trenches for their graves
placed green bracken ?round
the dead they numbered eighty and one
and they laid them in the ground?

Oh the big black mountain of rock and slag
began to tumble down
no children are playing there.
it buried the children in the ground
in a town called Aberfan.

No more do the meadows ring with song,
no laughter fills the air
autumn days are filled with gloom