Wales National Anthem

"Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau" ( "Land of My Fathers") is the national anthem of Wales.

The words were written by Evan James and the tune composed by his son, James James, of Pontypridd, Glamorgan, in January 1856. The earliest written copy survives and is part of the collections of the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth.

It is recognised and used as the country's anthem at both national and local events in Wales and internationally. Usually this will be the only anthem sung, such as at national sporting events and gatherings, and it will be sung only in Welsh using the first verse and chorus.

Other English versions exist but the anthem is never sung in English!

Versions of Hen Wlad fy Nhadau are used as anthems in the other Brythonic nations of Cornwall (as Bro Goth Agan Tasow) and Brittany (as Bro Gozh ma Zadoù).

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