Welsh singer Dafydd Iwan fought back tears as he performed a poignant rendition of Yma O Hyd at the final resting place of a Welsh teenager who died earlier this month. Josh Roberts, who was a huge football fan and a student at Cardiff Metropolitan University, died on June 2 in an alleged hit and run on Fford Waunfawr.
A huge funeral was held for him in Caernarfon town on Friday with hundreds of people lining the streets wearing football shirts of Josh's favourite teams - Everton, Wales, Caernarfon Town, GymGym and Bontnewydd. The ceremony was closed by Dagydd Iwan's Yma O Hyd, which has taken on a second life as a football hymn in recent years, DailyPost reports.
The 79-year-old performed a stirring rendition of the classic song before Josh was finally laid to rest at the cemetery across the road from Eglwys Llanbeblig. Before he started singing he told the congregation: "I'm hopeless at funerals but you've all seen me cry before", in reference to his tearful performance at Cardiff City Stadium after Wales beat Ukraine to qualify for the World Cup.
