Kerra Kernow(Most Beloved Cornwall)

Music/lyrics: Richard Gendall. Arrangement: Brenda Wootton. © Sentinel Music. Boy Jan Cornishman” Album Burlington Records; BURL005;1980

Chorus:

Kerra Kernow, ha wyth ow holon, ha’n mor adro dhe-jy.

(Most beloved Cornwall, that keeps my heart, and the sea around thee)

Meneth ha logh, carrek hag avon, pupprys y’th caraf-vy.

(Mountain and lake, rock and river, always thee I love).

 

Py le pynak my a wra mones prest y tewhelaf y’th herwyth clos,

(Wherever I do go ever I return close to you).

Rag nyns us par dhe’th tyr plegadow yn le may fynnyf mos.

(For there is no equal to thy land pleasant in place that I may go).

 

Yth ballow down, ena yth cafaf, yth wythra vysy ha war an cay,

(In thy mines deep, there I thee find, in thy factory busy and on the quay).

Ha war bup tu dha dus caradow a dharbar dhymmo thre.

(And on every side thy people loveable do provide to me home).

 

Dha henjy owr, dha ballow mellys, dha wel, dha brasow, dha borva wer,

(Thy ways golden, thy downs honeyed, thy tilth, thy meadows, thy pastures green).

Ty yu ow bro ha dhys y trelyaf, Kernow, ow mamvro ger.

(Thou art my country, and to thee I turn, Cornwall, my motherland dear).

 

Sue Ellery-Hill