As played by Lowender Peran Festival Band led by Jim Pengelly in 1987
“Cornish Trad” traced the story of Mary Kelynack and found a copy of the original music score on the National Library of Australia digital database
“Mary Kelynack or Callinack was from the Penzance, Paul or Newlyn fishing community. She achieved fame by walking from Lands End to London for the Great Exhibition of London in 1851–at the age of 75-86 depending on what you read. She was noted at the time for this incredible feat of determination to make sure that Cornish fishing folk were remembered and recognised as part of the exhibition or to exhibit her traditional fishwife’s costume as the Queen wanted to see it or to give the Queen a turbot. There are all sorts of variations of her story, as all good folk stories accrue over time: that she was noticed by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, had tea with the Lord Mayor.” ( Cornish Trad April 2020)
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Cornish Trad – Discovering Mary Kelynack’s polka : https://www.cornishtrad.com/research/discovering-mary-kelynacks-polka/
National Library of Australia, The Mary Callinack Polka (music) : https://nla.gov.au/tarkine/nla.obj-164446785
See Cornish Session Tunes Project
For more about Cornish Session Tunes
Racca: Cornish Tunes for Cornish Sessions Project 1995-97
Fooch 1 & 2 Favourite Cornish Session and Dance Tunes – Neil Davey