David Alexander - Come Home Rhondda Boy - Karaoke Version from Zoom Karaoke

This karaoke version has been produced by Zoom Karaoke and the recording rights are owned and controlled by Zoom Entertainments Limited - Song lyrics: AT THE END OF THE NINETEEN FOURTEEN EIGHTEEN WAR THE WEARY MEN RETURNED FROM THE BATTLEFIELDS OF EUROPE TO A LAND FIT FOR HEROES BUT SOMEHOW THINGS DIDN’T TURN OUT QUITE THAT WAY IN JUST A FEW YEARS THE MINE OWNERS OF SOUTH WALES TOLD THE MINERS YOU’LL WORK LONGER HOURS FOR LESS WAGES BUT IN THE STREETS OF PORTH IN THE RHONDDA VALLEY THE BATTLE CRY ROSE NOT A MINUTE ON THE DAY AND NOT A PENNY OFF OUR PAY AND THE MINERS WENT ON STRIKE IT WAS A LONG AND A BITTER FIGHT TIMES WERE HARD AND CHILDREN WENT HUNGRY MANY FAMILIES LEFT THE VALLEYS TO SEEK A BETTER LIFE IN THE BIG CITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD THIS SONG IS DEDICATED TO THEM AND THEIR DESCENDANTS WHEREVER THEY MAY BE YOU LEFT YOUR HOMES AND VALLEYS ALL THOSE YEARS AGO LIKE MANY OF THE YOUNG MEN AT THE TIME AND AS YOU LEFT THE STATION YOU KNEW YOU WERE LEAVING THE RIVERS AND THE MOUNTAINS AND THE MINES YOU CAME INTO THE CITIES LEFT YOUR FRIENDS AT HOME TO MAKE YOURSELF A BETTER LIFE WAS YOUR AIM BUT THE HEARTBEAT OF THE RHONDDA IS NOT A THING YOU SEE BUT IT’S ALWAYS CALLING OUT YOUR NAME COME HOME, COME HOME TO WHERE YOU BELONG BACK TO THE RHONDDA YOUR LAND OF SONG THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF THE CITIES ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM COME HOME, RHONDDA BOY TO YOUR VALLEY SO GREEN NOW ALL YOUR LIFE’S BEEN LONELY SINCE YOU LEFT YOUR HOME AND NOW YOU SEE THAT NOTHING CAN COMPARE WHERE ELSE IN ALL THIS WIDE WORLD CAN YOU STAND ON A HILLSIDE AND HEAR A THOUSAND VOICES FILL THE AIR COME HOME, COME HOME TO WHERE YOU BELONG BACK TO THE RHONDDA YOUR LAND OF SONG THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF THE CITIES ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM COME HOME, RHONDDA BOY TO YOUR VALLEY SO GREEN COME ON HOME, RHONDDA BOY TO YOUR VALLEY SO GREEN.....