Cornish version of an Alphabet Song recorded from the singing of Jim Thomas of Camborne by Ralph Dunstan in 1931. Alphabet songs were a popular Music Hall format and George Formby recorded one, with his usual innuendo in 1938. Peter Kennedy also recorded an Alphabet Song in Cadgwith, in 1956
Merv Davey- 29 March 2020
Contesting Not all bands enter competitions and there are some which shun the contest stage, preferring to concentrate their efforts in providing music for local events. For most players, though, contesting has always been an important part of brass banding, the reason that they spend so many hours trying to
Tony Mansell
- 29 March 2020
Open downloadable pdf file: The_Old_Grey_Duck Dialect Terms: Beels – Beak of a bird Clunk – To swallow Version in Cornish from the “Kanow Tavern” Cornish pub songs project, An Daras 2007: Kemysk Warbarth sung a different version in Cornish as part of thier entry for the Camborne Music Festival
- Merv Davey
- 29 March 2020
Open downloadable pdf file:Jan_Knuckey Brenda Wootton Singing Jan Knuckey: Dialect terms : Bal – Mine Chelern – Children Fetch’d es coos – found his voice (Coos is derived from the Cornish Kows- to speak) Fooch – To throw out Durns – Door Posts NB “Screech” and “Dander” are used in
- Merv Davey
- 29 March 2020
'Adam's Fall' was set to music by Ralph Dunstan in Lyver Canow Kernow, the Cornish Songbook. It was also published in Sengen Fiddee by the An Daras Cornish Folk Art Project in 2003.
- Merv Davey
- 28 March 2020