The dance and tune were transcribed in 1971 by Mrs Esme Francis, the Honorary Harpist for the Cornish Gorseth. In 2009 she described the circumstances: “A neighbour of mine, farmer John Williams, who lived at Boscreggan Farm,Nanquido, described the Newlyn Reel Dance tome in 1971. He remembered travelling to Newlyn
Lady Eveshams as played at the Seiners Session Perranporth, Oct 2021 Audio File: Lady Evesham’s as played by Festival Band at Lowender Peran 1987 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
One of the tunes used by the Golowan Band for the processions that take place during the Golwan Festival in Penzance in June.
A version of the Carol “Gods Own Son” played as 4/4 march for the Racca Project. Dufunyans / Difunyans means awakening in Cornish. Racca – Cornish Tunes For Cornish Sessions Project 1995-97
See: Racca 243- Cornish Tunes For Cornish Sessions Project 1995-97 See also: song in Hengan
Quay Fair played at the Rescorla Session Sept 2021 Quay Fair played as part of a set with Boscastle Breakdown and Duncan Hunkin at Benbow Cornish Session Penzance Dec 2022 Audio File: The Quay Fair played by Bagas Porthia at Lowender Peran 2007 The Quay Fair is one of the
Contributed to the Racca project 1995-97. An arrangement by Jim Pengelly of a fragmentary pieces of music provided for Sabine Baring Gould and H Fleetwood Shepherd by Peter Sandry Ervan of St Ervan and Adam Laundry of Launceston and a further source in Liskeard in 1891. Notes Baring Gould Rough
The tune and lyrics were sent to Rev Sabine Baring Gould by J S Cayzer of Penzance dated 1850: Plymouth and Devon Archive: Sabine Baring Gould Personal copy mss, Vol 1 no 47. (SBG/1/1/243) See Racca: Cornish Tunes For Cornish Sessions Project & Hengan: Traditional Folk Songs Dances And
An Awhesyth / Lark as collected for the Racca Project 1995-7 See Racca: Cornish Tunes For Cornish Sessions Project Also discussion of song origins and variations: An Awhesyth
Audio File- as played by Lowender Peran Festival Band 1987: Included in Racca: Cornish Tunes for Cornish Sessions Project 1995 – 1997 See Racca no.48 : Racca Cornish Tunes For Cornish Sessions Project 1995-97 Ralph Dunstan Lyver Canow Kernewek – Cornish Song Book (London, Reid Bros, 1929) p78