The Cornish Song Book: Lyver Canow Kernewek was edited and arranged by Dr Ralph Dunstan and published in 1929. Originally initiated by the London Cornish Association, who wanted a book of community songs for Cornish expatriates, it eventually became a collaborative effort between them, the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies, the Royal Institution of Cornwall, and the newly formed Gorsedh Kernow. Each organization had its own objectives ( see Lyver Canow Kernewek: An Ideological Battleground?) The result was a diverse collection of compositions, traditional songs, band tunes, Cornish language items, and religious music including carols. It was the first and largest collection of Cornish music to be published and has significantly influenced Cornish music since.

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Contents with Page Numbers
Songs In Cornish: Auld Lang Syne (Sol-a-Brys) 15 Bro Goth Agan Tasow . . 8 Can an Pescajor Kernewek 14 Can Kerth Tus Kernow Goth 9 Dew Saw'n Myghtern · · 7	Dynergh dhe Dus a Vretan Vyghan 10 Grassyans Kens (Cornish Grace) 144 Kernow agan Mamvro 10 Trelawny, (I) 12 Yeghes da dhe'n Myghtern 11
Songs In English & Tunes: Adam's Fall 58 A famous Cornish Tenor 139 And am I born to die ? 38 Ann TremelJan 55 Arethusa, The 141 As Tom was a-walking 52 Barley Mow, The 48 Black-eyed Susan 140 Blow the man down 75 Boats of Sennen, The 63 Boney 72 Bonfire Song, Cornish 33 Byngo 59 Charles lncledon 139 Cold blows the wind 57 Come and I will sing you 128 Cornish Squire, The 77 Crying the Neck 141 Falmouth Polka 78 Farmer's Boy, The 46 Featherstone;s Doom 36 Flight March 137 Frogpool March 136 Funeral Music, Cornish 38 Furry Dance (Helston) 31 Giles Farnaby 37 Girls of Dublin Town 70 Golden Vanitee 68 God bless the Prince of Wales 16 Grey Day, A 64 Hal An Tow 30 Haul away, Joe 72 Hobby Horse Songs 26 Hurrah for Pinkie 70 Irish Lady, The 133 John Dory 24 John Dory (unison) 25 John Sturtridge and the Piskies 29 Jolly Waggoner, The 60 Jovial Beggar, The 61 Lovely Nancy 50 Lowlands Low 68 May Day Carol 45 'Merlin the Diviner 42 Mermaid, The 66	Miner's Fancy (Hornpipe) 73 Morning Flow'rs, The (Hymn) 39 Morvah Fair 13 No. I Quickstep 137 Off she goes (Regatta Music) 76 Old Waits Carol 44 One and All (Solo) 20 One and All (Unison) 22 Ox-driver's Song 75 Padstow Hobby-Horse Songs The Morning Song 26-27 The Day Song 28 Plains of Waterloo, The 74 Pleasant Month of May, The (W. Beale) 142 Plough-Boy, The 80 Point March 136 Pool of Pilate, The 41 Regatta Music 76 Reuben Ranzo 73 Richard of Taunton Dean 54 Rio Grande 71 St. Aubyn Election Song 138 St. Just Cock Dance 77 School-Treat Marches 136 Seaners' Song (St. I ves) 51 Shrinking from (Hymn) 39 Sir John Barleycorn 56 Smuggler's Song 62 Soldiers' Shanty 74 Spanish Ladies 69 Stormalong 74 Story of St. Just 34 Sunny Corner March 136 Sweet Nightingale 47 Thee we Adore (Hymn) 40 There is a Tavern 79 Three Knights, The 53 Trelawny, (II) 17 Trelawny, (III) 18 Trevince March 137 Well of St. Keyne 32 Widdecombe Fair 81 Ye Maids of Helston 82 Zeak Waltz 78
Carols: Angels from the Realms 102 Angels Proclaim 110 Arise and hail 108 As I sat on a Sunny Bank 84 As Joseph was a-walking 87 A Virgin most pure 88 Awake with Joy 120 Awake, Ye Nations, (I) 116 Awake Ye Nations, (II) 116 Behold, a Lucid Light 112 Behold what Grace 120 Carol, Carol Christian 124 Cherry Tree Carol. The 85 Choirs of Angels 91 Christians, rejoice 110 Christmas Chanters, The 114 Come, let us Lift 106 Dilly Carol, The 128 First Nowell, The 126 Flaming Seraphs 115 Glad Tidings, (I) 93 Glad Tidings, (II) 94 God rest you merry 86 God's Dear Son 100 Hark, Hark ! what news 92 Hark, what mean those 113	Hark, what mean those 113 Hark the Herald Angels 125 Hark, what Music 117 Heavenly Sound 112 High let us swell our 95 Holly and the Ivy, The 89 Holy Voices 113 New Park I04 Oh, Christmas is Merry 127 O little town 99 Oh We! Oh Well! 126 Praise 118 Prince of Life, The 106 Righteous Joseph, (I) 122 Righteous Joseph. (II) 122 Rouse, Rouse 130 St. Day Carol 123 Seven Good Joys, The 84 Shepherds, Rejoice 101 Splendour, The 103 Star of Bethlehem 111 Sunny Bank, The 84 To us a Child of Hope is Born 121 Wassail Song, The 132 When God at first 90 While Shepherds, (Old) 96 While Shepherds, (New) 98 “ “ “ (New Tregoney) 144 Whilst Shepherds 97