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Other popular Cornish anthems are "Hail to the Homeland" and Cornwall My Home by Harry Glasson written in 1997. Sabine Baring-Gould compiled Songs of the West, which contains folk songs from Devon and Cornwall, in collaboration with Henry Fleetwood Sheppard and F. W. Bussell.
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Hail to the Homeland is one of the unofficial anthems of Cornwall, in the south west of the UK.It was composed by the Cornish musician Kenneth Pelmear who composed and arranged many works for church and male voice choirs and brass bands.
Their first album with Universal, Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends, was recorded in St Kew Parish Church, Cornwall, [11] and released in April 2010. [9] In 2010 they re-recorded their single, "No Hopers, Jokers or Rogues", with new lyrics, in support of England's FIFA World Cup campaign in South Africa. [12]
Lamorna (Roud 16636) is a traditional folk song/ballad associated with Cornwall, and dealing with the courtship of a man and a woman, who turned out to be his wife. The title comes from Lamorna, a village in west Cornwall. [1] Sheet music held in the British Library dates the song to 1910. [2]
Song Year adopted Lyricist(s) Composer(s) Audio Cornwall The Song of the Western Men (Trelawney) Unofficial: Robert Stephen Hawker: Louisa T. Clare County Durham Blaydon Races: Unofficial: George Ridley: Unknown Cumberland D'ye ken John Peel: Unofficial: John Woodcock Graves: Unknown Lincolnshire The Lincolnshire Poacher: Unofficial: Unknown ...
Prince Harry took a secret trip to the United Kingdom to attend his uncle Lord Robert Fellowes' funeral last month, and apparently he stayed at Princess Diana's childhood home, Althorp House.
The song tells the story of an incident that apparently actually happened to Moss herself on a visit to Helston during the springtime 'Furry Dance' celebrations and the song was reportedly written directly afterwards as she was going home on the train. The songbook cover states that the music was "founded on an old Cornish air".