Backgound Picture - Big PIt Blaenavon

Arthur Horner 1894 -1968 leader of the Coal Miners in South Wales and General Secretary of The National Union of Mineworkers and a member of the Communist Party


The Working Class Camelot - Knights of Merthyr True

Arthur is a name that in Wales brings mythical fame
But the Arthur of which I speak from Merthyr he did hail

Arthur from Merthyr was a comrade true
Merthyr's working class tradition was his heartfelt pride

Dic Penderryn - remember his dying words
"O Lord here is injustice" these words makes our hearts beat faster.

For working class justice was the democratic fight
Lets celebrate the Arthur's from our Camelot who fought the good fight

Arthur Horner being one - and Arthur Jones being two

Hero's of the working class - Knights of Merthyr true


Poem for the People of Merthyr

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