Voice from the Deep!

Since I’m from Wales…  someone asked if I had the lyrics for the classic Max Boyce song/ditty called “The Ballad of Morgan the Moon”… from the classic album: “Live at Treorchy!”

http://www.maxboyce.co.uk/music/treorchy.htm

Play a short clip of “Morgan the Moon”

Well here are the lyrics… enjoy.

The Ballad of Morgan the Moon

Old Moc the Mechanic, I remember him well
He once built a rocket, or so they will tell…
From and old winding engine he found on the dole
It was built in the Rhondda and powered by coal.

Chorus:
Sing; Falderal Dalderal Day
Falderal Dalderal Day…

Old Moc the Mechanic, I remember him well
He once built a rocket, or so they will tell…
From and old winding engine he found on the dole
It was built in the Rhondda and powered by coal.

Chorus

And when it was finished, he painted it red,
and he called it (pause) Bethania.. or so it is said.
And they took up a mountain on a night late in June
To get that bit closer, said Morgan the Moon.

Chorus

Sleepy Treorchy was bathed in white light
when the shuddering hulk, took off in the night.
A deafening scream and then a great roar as up passed the houses old Morgan did go!
His heatshield was glowing… like anthracite coal!
And we prayed down in Cardiff, in mission control.

And the barrow wheels dropped
As was previously planned and old Morgan prepared for Bethania to land.

Chorus

He landed like linen on a crusty old crater,
Dai said he’d get there lunar or later!

So off Morgan went in the moon swirling dust
To collect some rock samples from the crater’s hard crust.

Chorus

A strange piece of rock soon old Morgan found,
It was lying there shining on the dust covered ground
He picked it up closely and he let out a call…
‘Cause written right through it in Welsh was Porthcawl!

Chorus

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