I think this to be a fine idea.
Buy Daf Iwan's single via download and make one of Grav's faves reach the charts in time for his funeral.
A Welsh Language folk song in the national charts?! Fantastic. And fitting.
So, for all you tech-heads out there, get downloading. And, for my slightly older reader, get your teenage son / daughter to do it (but hide your payment card details. The little scamp will be downloading allsorts of modern, beat-combo nonsense before you know it...)
This is part of an email I received and acted on. Great song.
Danfonwch ymlaen at eich HOLL gysylltiadau / Please forward to ALL of your contacts
Dafydd Iwan oedd hoff artist Ray Gravell, a byddai'n canu caneuon Dafydd Iwan cyn pob gêm rygbi, yn enwedig 'Yma o Hyd'! Bydd Dafydd Iwan yn canu yn ystod gwasanaeth angladd cyhoeddus Ray Gravell am 1pm ddydd Iau 15 Tachwedd ym Mharc y Strade, Llanelli.
Mae ymgyrch wedi cychwyn ar Facebook i geisio cael y gân 'Yma o Hyd' i mewn i 40-uchaf y siartiau Prydeinig yr wythnos hon er côf am Ray Gravell, ac mae Dafydd Iwan wedi nodi y bydd yr elw o werthiant y gân yn mynd at gronfa goffa Ray Gravell. Prynwch y gân 'Yma o hyd' arlein oddi ar itunes (neu wefan tebyg arlein) - dim ond 79c bydd yn costio, Dylid gwneud y 40-uchaf o'r siartiau Prydeinig pe byddai modd gwerthu 3,000 copi o'r gân 'Yma o hyd' ar Itunes. Mae dros 1,300 aelod o facebook eisioes wedi addo prynu'r gân.
Prynwch y FERS IWN YMA o'r gân yn awr os gwelwch yn dda (Dafydd Iwan ac Ar Log - Albwm: Yma o Hyd - Cân 21: Yma o Hyd) :
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=155877741&s=143444&i=155878261
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Dafydd Iwan was Grav's favourite singer and it's well known that before games he would sing Dafydd Iwan songs emotionally especially 'Yma o hyd'! Dafydd Iwan will be singing at Ray Gravell's public service at Stradey Park in Llanelli at 1pm on 15 November.
A campaign has started on Facebook to try and get the song 'Yma o Hyd' into the top 40 of the UK Charts this week in memory of Ray Gravell, and Dafydd Iwan has stated that profits will be going to the Ray Gravell memorial trust. Please buy 'Yma o hyd' online from itunes (or another online store) - it will only cost you 79p. Going by recent trends, 'Yma o Hyd' should reach the top 40 of the UK Charts if more than 3,000 copies are sold on Itunes. More than 1,300 people on Facebook have already promised to buy the single.
Please buy THIS VERSION now (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