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"The Song of the Western Men", also known as "Trelawny", is a Cornish patriotic song, composed by Louisa T. Clare for lyrics by Robert Stephen Hawker. The poem was first published anonymously in The Royal Devonport Telegraph and Plymouth Chronicle in September 1826, over 100 years after the events.
Folk songs include "Sweet Nightingale", "Little Eyes", and "Lamorna". [6] Few traditional Cornish lyrics survived the decline of the language. In some cases lyrics of common English songs became attached to older Cornish tunes. Some folk tunes have Cornish lyrics written since the language revival of the 1920s.
Print/export Download as PDF ... Cornwall portal; Traditional songs of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. Pages in category "Cornish folk songs" The following 14 pages ...
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]
"My Home" is a traditional Scottish or Northumbrian pipe tune. It is used by military bands as a march past , but a slow march contrasting with quick march pasts such as " Highland Laddie ". [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Entity 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 ...
"Come, all ye jolly tinner boys" is a traditional folk song associated with Cornwall that was written about 1807, when Napoleon Bonaparte made threats that would affect trade in Cornwall at the time of the invasion of Poland. The song contains the line Why forty thousand Cornish boys shall knawa the reason why. [1]
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. The words were written by Pearce Gilbert in 1959. [1] Other Cornish 'anthems' are Trelawny and Bro Goth ...