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"'''{{lang|cy|italic=no|Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau}}'''" ({{IPA|cy|heːn wlaːd və n̥adai̯}}) is the unofficialde facto [[national anthem]] of [[Wales]]. The title, taken from the first words of the song, means "The Old Land of My Fathers" in [[Welsh language|Welsh]], usually rendered in English as simply "'''Land of My Fathers'''". The words were written by [[Evan James (poet)|Evan James]] and the tune composed by his son, [[James James]], both residents of [[Pontypridd]], [[Glamorgan]], in January 1856.<ref name="BBC Anthem">{{cite web|title= Welsh anthem – The background to Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/anthem/pages/anthem-background.shtml | access-date =3 December 2010 |publisher=[[BBC Cymru Wales]] |date= 1 December 2008 |work= Wales history}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=April 2024|reason=This is a news source, but is tertiary for this information. It does not cite its sources}} The earliest written copy survives and is part of the collections of the [[National Library of Wales]].<ref name = "BBC Anthem" />