I grew up in Wales

Around the Swansea docks

I walked beneath huge cargo ships

Held up with props and blocks

 

I was made in Wales

Around the southern ports

I watched the big ships dock

My family guessed my thoughts

 

I was mined in Wales

Near valleys black with slag

And closing pits and picket lines

With many a mine lodge flag

 

I was forged in Wales

Watching across the bay

The glow from hellish fires

Roll steel  night and day

 

I was taught in Wales

In Swansea's English Grammar

But little learned of little taught

And left in search of glamour

 

I had grown in Wales

But sailed off to sea

On ships I'd stood beneath

Dreaming far beyond the quay 

 

I have lived in Wales

Nearly all my years

It's made me what I am

A poet before my peers

 

I have lived in Wales

Nearly all my years

Its country, myth and culture

Hold both my heart and fears