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Cardiff Born
Frank Hennessy
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Oh 1, 2, 3, 4
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Well I learned to talk in Cardiff
And I talks Cardiff OK
I learned it in the little old school house
Down the bottom of Old Tiger Bay
Because I'm Cardiff Born, Cardiff Bred
And when I dies I'll be Cardiff dead
They'll build a little plot in Splott
In memory of me
Well there were Polish and there were Italians
Pakistanis, and there were Greeks
But I was the only Welshman, what knew the right way to speak
Because I'm Cardiff Born, Cardiff Bred
And when I dies I'll be Cardiff dead
They'll build a little plot in Splott
In memory of me
Well id thought id take a vacation to Aber-wristwatch-On-Sea
When I arrives at the station, there was nobody talkin' like me
Because I'm Cardiff Born, Cardiff Bred
And when I dies I'll be Cardiff dead
They'll build a little plot in Splott
In memory of me
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I wanted a public convenience
A policeman comes walking along
He said Shwmmae fach 'an'
I said 'Ble mae'r ty-bach'
He said 'down to the sea and straight on!'
Because I'm Cardiff Born, Cardiff Bred
And when I dies I'll be Cardiff dead
They'll build a little plot in Splott
In memory of me
Oh do you know my Auntie Marie?
She used to drink in the Marchioness of Bute
She emigrated to New Zealend
Now because of the Wellington boot
Because I'm Cardiff Born, Cardiff Bred
And when I dies I'll be Cardiff dead
They'll build a little plot in Splott
In memory of me
Well, my name is Mohammed Ali, Mohammed Ali Jones
Ive got Jamaica in my blood but Bute Streets in my bones
Because I'm Cardiff Born, Cardiff Bred
And when I dies I'll be Cardiff dead
They'll build a little plot in Splott
In memory of me
Do you know my cousin Lily?
She took some friends from Norwich
On holidays, up North Wales
In a self igniting cottage
Oh, I'm Cardiff Born, Cardiff Bred
And when I dies I'll be Cardiff dead
They'll build a little plot in Splott
In memory of me
Now Margaret Thatcher came to Cardiff
To speak about devolution
The attest descended down Port Manor Road
For a course on elocution
'Cause we're Cardiff Born, Cardiff Bred
And when I dies I'll be Cardiff dead
They'll build a little plot in Splott
In memory of me
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There was a riot in Cardiff last Saturday night
With cocktails by molotov
They threw a petrol bomb in the ground
And he drank it before it went off
Oh, I'm Cardiff Born, Cardiff Bred
And when I dies I'll be Cardiff dead
They'll build a little plot in Splott
In memory of me
Now Cardiff is a beautiful city
We've got a castle in Cardiff, Arms Park
We're thinking of adopting a mascot
A great big huge pint of grainstack
Because we're Cardiff Born, Cardiff Bred
And when I dies I'll be Cardiff dead
They'll build a little plot in Splott
In memory of me
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Bore Da means good morning
Prynhawn Da means good afternoon
Twll tรฎn di bob Sais is not very nice
And ta-ra now means see you all soon
Because we're Cardiff Born, Cardiff Bred
And when I dies I'll be Cardiff dead
They'll build a little plot in Splott
In memory of me
What a city
Mighty pretty
Cardiff is the city for me
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