^GFarewell you colliery workers, the muffler and the cap Fare^Cwell you Rhonda valley girls we ^Dnever will be back For the ^Gmines they are a-^Cclosing, ^C/Avalleys they're all ^Ddoomed There's ^Gno work in the ^CRhonda boys, we'll ^Dbe in London ^Gsoon

My ^Gfather was a miner and his ^Cfather was before him They ^Dalways were quite proud to work be^Glow ^GSince they fell neath Robin's axe, all the ^Cboys have got the ^C/Asack So a^Dway to work in England we must ^Ggo

^GFarewell you colliery workers, the muffler and the cap Fare^Cwell you Rhonda valley girls we ^Dnever will be back For the ^Gmines they are a-^Cclosing, ^C/Avalleys they're all ^Ddoomed There's ^Gno work in the ^CRhonda boys, we'll ^Dbe in London ^Gsoon

^GNo more the chapel singing, that ^Clong ago has l^C/Aeft us And ^Din the public house, the miners ^Gsong. ^GFor the population’s dropping, as the ^Cpit wheels keep on ^C/Astopping And I ^Dcan’t afford to stay here very ^Glong

^GFarewell you colliery workers, the muffler and the cap Fare^Cwell you Rhonda valley girls we ^Dnever will be back For the ^Gmines they are a-^Cclosing, ^C/Avalleys they're all ^Ddoomed There's ^Gno work in the ^CRhonda boys, we'll ^Dbe in London ^Gsoon

^GTreherbert and Treorchy, Tony^Cpandy and Tyne^C/Awydd Ys^Dtrad Rhondda, Ton Pentre all a^Gdieu ^GFor I can no longer wait, while ^Cparliament de^C/Abates, so a ^Dfond farewell I'm bidding un^Gto you

^GFarewell you colliery workers, the muffler and the cap Fare^Cwell you Rhonda valley girls we ^Dnever will be back For the ^Gmines they are a-^Cclosing, ^C/Avalleys they're all ^Ddoomed There's ^Gno work in the ^CRhonda boys, we'll ^Dbe in London ^Gsoon