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Deliow Sevi

The lyrics were written down by the Cornish language scholar Thomas Tonkin as sung to him in 1698 by a friend and relative, Edward Chirgwin. Tonkin’s…

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Morvah Fair

The version of the lyrics for Morvah Fair provided here is from a music manuscript in St Ives Museum. This song is also included in Lyver Canow…

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Jan Knuckey

Writing under the pseudonym " Uncle Jan Trenoodle", William Sandys included Jan Knuckey in his"Specimens of Cornish Provincial Dialect" published in…

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Ha Me Ow Mos

These words were given to Thomas Tonkin by Noel Cater of St Agnes in 1698 but no tune was recorded. The original spelling seems to be phonetic and…

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