It’ll be a sad occassion on Thursday when I attend the funeral of Ray Gravell in Llanelli. Ray was a true gentleman, a patriotic Welshman who’ll be sadly missed.
It’s widely known that Dafydd Iwan was Grav’s favourite singer, and before games Grav would sing his songs, especially, “Yma o hyd.” Dafydd will be singing at Ray’s public service at Stradey Park in Llanelli at 1pm on Thursday.
A campaign has started to try and get the song “Yma o Hyd” into the Top 40 of the UK Charts this week in memory of Ray, and Dafydd has stated that all profits from the sales of the song will go to the Ray Gravell Memorial Trust.
You can buy “Yma o hyd” online from www.itunes.co.uk (or another online store) – it will only cost you 79p. Going by recent trends, “Yma o Hyd” should reach the UK Top 40 if more than 3,000 copies are sold on Itunes.
In honour of Ray’s memory I would urge you to buy the song. The version to purchase is Dafydd Iwan ac Ar Log – Album: Yma o Hyd – Song 21: Yma o Hyd) :http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=155877741&s=143444&i=155878261
