American Reacts to Yma o Hyd - Dafydd Iwan - Unofficial Welsh Anthem

I'm English and I love this song. The Welsh language and identity should be protected and celebrated 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

AS WE SAY IN WALES 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 To be born Welsh, Is to be born privileged. Not with a silver spoon in your mouth, But music in your blood, And poetry in your soul.

Well that got tears running down my face. I'm an old Welsh guy, getting more emotional by the day. A quote by JRR Tolkein "Welsh is of this soil, this island, the senior language of the men of Britain; Welsh is beautiful."

Cornwall always gets forgotten. Despite being banbed from speaking our language by the English we are Still Here too. Our language has been making a resurgence over the decades. Ni a yl dydh yma ❤

Britain and Ireland had many languages, and not many have survived. The Welsh should be proud for saving theirs. Great song.

Dafydd Iwan was actually jailed for his beliefs. A proud proud Welshman

As a proud scot this song gave me goosebumps if only we scots had the same enthusiasm for our own Gaelic language 😢

As a Welsh person of a certain age, my biggest embarrassment is being unable to speak the language. When I was at school in the south part of the country it wasn’t even an option, French and Latin was! Now it’s in the national curriculum as it should be. You’ll never meet a French person that can’t speak French. It’s a travesty for my generation. Shameful

You can find him on Youtube singing this live leading the national team with tears on his face..Its so moving.

Awesome video. We are a very proud nation. Diolch (thank you) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

AND we have the BEST flag! 😃😃😃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Thanks for sharing.

It’s such a banger. You don’t have to be Welsh to fist pump and shed a tear in response to this song. Love it! So moving.

I’m English but moved to wales 27 years ago, my husband and children are welsh, my youngest being fluent, we felt it important for him to learn it. I work for our local police force and welsh is very much used in everyday life here. ❤

A fantastic language. When living in rural Hertfordshire, just north of London and I was very small back in the early sixties, our neighbours, a Mr and Mrs Jenkins, originally from the valley's of mid-Wales, often baby sat me. My parents, not realising they only spoke Welsh at home didn't understand why as an eighteen month, to two year old, my English was getting so bad? Until my sixteen year old sister pointed out I was starting to speak Welsh and couldn't differentiate between the two at that age! I still remember a little Welsh and still speak reasonable French too, both came in useful back in the late eighties in Brittany. Two Welsh speakers an I were with the RAF at a French Naval air station working and went into a nearby village pub for a beer or twelve? When the locals heard us speaking Welsh, I was at least trying, they tried speakin Bretton with us, we got by and didn't have to pay for another beer all evening. "Iechyd da"!

I live Next to the Stadium 🏟 and When Daffyd Belts this Out My Windows are Wide Open 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💯✌🏻

Hello from the Welsh American Channel. We Welsh Americans are very proud of our heritage and our music. Cymru am byth!

There is a classic 1964 film called Zulu and at one point near the end a bunch of Welsh soldiers begin singing a song called Men Of Harlech. It's a powerful scene and that song is the one that makes me, an Englishman, think of Wales whenever I hear it. Beautiful and moving. Nothing quite beats a Welsh Male Voice Choir belting that out. Cymru am byth!!

I hadn't heard this before. It was spine chilling. This is a video I will watch again and again along with "Myfanwy", a beautiful Welsh love song. Fantastic singing all round. A hint of "up yours, England" in it I think. Stay proud, Wales, you have the best flag in the world and you are loved.

As an Englishman I love the Welsh anthems, gives me goosebumps every time 😊

So the way to pronounce it is "Yma (um-ah) o (or) hyd (heed)"! Lovely to see you take notice of this beautiful piece and acknowledge our language!! When the music started, tears came immediately!! Diolch am gwylio (Thanks for watching)!!