In the heat of the day what a little we can do! We lay by the plough for an hour or two, On the banks of sweet violets where we take our rest While the cool stormy winds blow around us so fast. If the farmer has no corn, no
This project was completed and published by Dyllansow Truran in 1983, edited by Merv Davey. The primary purpose was to provide songs in the Cornish Language but included songs in English, dances tunes and ballads.
Open downloadable pdf: Cornwall My Home Video: Matthi Clarke with Harry Glasson
The English words were written by Pearce Gilbert in 1959. Kenneth Pelmear (1923- 1995) set a Cornish version of the words by Richard Jenkin to music and published the song in a booklet of compositions in 1982 called Cornish Voices.
George the Magic Chough – Written by Brian Webb He lived by the sea And flew around old Cornwall’s coast With red beak foot and knee. His wings they were so broad And he flapped them up and down To stop from falling in the sea Where he would surely
Pasty Song – Written by Brian Webb Oh Me Lads you ought to see the pasties Two inches long in a plastic bag and the insides full of nasties Carrots and peas and Kittikat all jumbled in a mess oh And a packet of Rennies that come quite
Brythennek – Brian Web Brian Webb o den jolif, bras y golonn, leun a hwarth. Ev a skrifas meur a ganow yn Kernewek ha Sowsnek, ha didhanus ha truesi. A-dar henna ev a wonedhi yn fen avel Skrifennyas Kowethas an Yeth Kernewek yn blydhynyow a-varr an bagas na, hembrenkyas
Nine Brave boys / Naw Map Harth played as an instrumental by Bagas Crowd and sung in Cornish by John Bolitho.
Constantine in Kerrier Funeral Hymn, versions in Cornish
Begone From the Window was published in the Old Cornwall Journal in 1927 from the singing of Jim Thomas.