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An Gwyth Mar Ughel
An Gwyth Mar Ughel
Morgan Farwel / Farwell Shanty
Morgan Farwel / Farwell Shanty
The poignant Padstow Farwel Shanty is a popular song to round off a Cornish singing session. The lyrics originate from a nineteenth century chapbook.…
St Kevern's Feast
St Kevern's Feast
This version of the song is from "Sengen Fiddee", An Daras Cornish Folk Arts Project 2003. The song was arranged in 1932 by Ralph Dunstan based on the…
The Keenly Lode
The Keenly Lode
This one of the few dialect songs that Baring Gould recorded and published. He was given
this song by an old miner n the Lugger Inn, Fowey in 1894…
The Old Grey Duck
The Old Grey Duck
The Old Grey Duck was published in Ralph Dunstan's in Cornish Dialect & Folk Songs, Ralph Dunstan, Cornish Dialect and Folk Songs, (Truro, Jordan's…
Tom Bawcock's Eve
Tom Bawcock's Eve
Tom Bawcock's Eve is held in Mousehole on 23rd December. Robert Morton Nance learned a number of different stories about the origins Tom Bawcock's eve…
The Faddy Dance and Furry Day, a study in change
The Faddy Dance and Furry Day, a study in change
Although Heston's Furry dance on 8th of May is the most well known, Furry Dances were and are known all over Cornwall. The dance was originally known…
Cornish Girls / Mowysi Kernow / Trip To Truro
Cornish Girls / Mowysi Kernow / Trip To Truro
W. Arthur, Pascoe was an active member of the Old Cornwall Movement in Liskeard and a native of the nearby village of St Neot. He recalled this song…
Trelawny
Trelawny
The story of the Trelawny song starts with a Cornish folk expression of unknown origin “Here's forty thousand Cornish men will know the reason why”.…
