The Wales I Love

Wales

by Rebecka Stewart

Wales

Plop, plop

Drip, drop

The sound of rain

Upon the pane,

Is sound you know so well-

If in Wales you do dwell.

Gray skies, clouds that fly

Over the land, across the sky,

Is the sight you know so well-

If in Wales you do dwell.

Bitter taste, warm embrace

Cooling milk, not done in haste,

Is the tea you know so well-

If in Wales you do dwell.

‘Just a bit’, ‘How’s the weather’

‘Now-in a minute’, ‘Not ill, but better’,

Is the speech you know so well-

If in Wales you do dwell.

Smell of rain, blazing fire,

Welsh cakes, scent of shire  

Are the smells you know so well-

If in Wales you do dwell.

Baking bread, cleaning house

Gardening and singing loud,

Are the things you know so well-

If in Wales you do dwell.

  

Warm hearts, kind speech

Many hymns and many creeds,

Are the people you know so well-

If in Wales you do dwell.

Green fields, white sheep

Loving hearts, friends I’ll keep,

Is the Wales I know so well-

Since in Wales I do dwell.