Aberfan
 

 
"All things bright and beautiful, 
all creatures great and small, 
all things wise and wonderful, 
the Lord God made them all."
 

Words: Cecil Frances Alexander.
 

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Do you remember Aberfan?
Children dying in their learning seats; (116)
Teachers, villagers, miner's wives; Welshfolk all. (28)
A slagheap giant took them,
And shook them in their village grave.
But only you are allowed to bottle your tears
For theirs must flow and flow.
Meanwhile, today in the valley, fresh
Children laughing, baby birds are singing
And new seeds they sow and sow. (116 + 28)
 

Bill Talbott.