The Pubs and Inns of the 1839 Newport Rising
I sing a song of tram-roads, canals, and turnpikes,
A song of collieries, iron works and tin-works,
Of forge and smith and furnace,
Of chapel and beer house and wayside inn,
A song of club and pub and tavern
And working people’s societies,
A song of Union and Prudence and Energy,
Of horns and drums and flag and pennant.
I sing a hymn to all your Chartist Lodges,
And a hymn to all your Chartist pubs:
The Greyhound at Pontilanfraith,
The King Crispin at Brynmawr,
The Prince of Wales, Commercial Street, Newport,
The Star in Dukestown,
The Miners Arms near Nelson,
The Navigation Inn at Crumlin,
The Royal Oak at Blaina,
The Coach and Horses at Blackwood,
The King’s Head at Pontypool,
The Ship and Pilot at Newport,
The Bush Inn, Newport,
The Bristol House, Pontypool,
The Rolling Mill Inn, Blaina,
The Colliers Arms, Llanfabon-Llancaich,
The Colliers Arms, Nelson,
The Globe Inn, Tredegar,
The Horse and Jockey, Dukestown,
The Angel, Maesycwmmer,
The Maypole, Crosspenmaen,
The Boot, betwixt Ystrad Bridge and the Rhymney tram-road,
The Lamb and Flag beer-house at Blackwood,
The Old Bridge, Risca,
The Welsh Oak, Pontymister,
The Welch Oak, on the outskirts of Newport,
The Bush, Nantyglo,
The Six Bells, Stow Hill,
The Red Lion, Tredegar,
The Wyvern Inn, Sirhowy,
The Coach and Horses, Brynithel.
The Waterloo, Newport,
The Royal Oak, Mill Street, Newport,
The Trewythen Arms Hotel, Llanidloes,
The Red Lion, Sirhowy:
This is the song I sing.