How Green Was My Valley Page #6

and my face to the fire, perhaps.

For Mr lvor Morgan.

From Windsor Castle it is.

"Mr lvor Morgan is commanded

to appear before Her Maj..."

"Mr lvor Morgan is commanded to appear

before Her Majesty at Windsor Castle,

with chosen members of his choir, on 14

May between the hours of three and five."

To sing before the Queen.

My son, I never thought

to see this beautiful day.

Idris, Owen, all of you.

Fetch everyone from all the valleys round.

Davy, over to the other collieries.

Invite everyone.

Lanto, down to the Three Bells for beer.

Open house tonight for all who will come.

My sons, you shall have

a sendoff worthy of the Morgans.

Our Heavenly Father, I give thanks

from the heart to live this day.

I give thanks for all I have,

and I do give thanks for this new blessing.

For you are our Father,

but we look to our Queen as our mother.

Comfort her in her troubles, O God,

and let her worries be

not more than she shall bear at her age.

And grant that sweetness

and power and spirit

may be given to these voices

that shall sing at her command.

- Amen.

- Amen.

# God save our gracious Queen

# Long live our noble Queen

# God save our Queen

# Send her victorious

# Happy and glorious

Gwilym. Owen.

# Long to reign over us

# God save our Queen

Good morning, Mr Gruffydd.

Angharad is down to the market.

Angharad? I've come for Huw.

For Huw?

- The daffodils are out, Momma.

- Where are your clothes?

Under my pillow.

For these months, ready for today.

Come you, then, and you shall

bring back a posy fit for a queen

for your brave mother.

Indeed I will, sir.

- Almost there, Huw.

- Yes, sir.

- Low bridge there. Watch out.

- It's fun.

- All right?

- Yes, sir.

- All right?

- Yes, sir.

Easy it is, now.

There.

Cwm Rhondda.

You can walk, Huw, if you try.

Come, lad. You can walk.

Huw. Walk.

There's a good lad. Come on.

See?

There's a good old man.

You've been lucky, Huw.

Lucky to suffer, and lucky to

spend these weary months in bed.

For so God has given you a chance

to make spirit within yourself.

And as your father cleans

his lamp to have good light,

so keep clean your spirit, huh?

How, sir?

By prayer, Huw.

And by prayer I don't mean

shouting and mumbling,

and wallowing like a hog

in religious sentiment.

Prayer is only another name

for good, clean, direct thinking.

When you pray, think.

Think well what you're saying.

Make your thoughts into things that are solid,

and in that way

your prayer will have strength.

And that strength will become

a part of you, body, mind and spirit.

And the first duty of these new legs

is to get you to chapel on Sunday.

- Indeed they will, sir.

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