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Lyrics from a poem by Sir Humphry Davy set to music by Ralph Dunstan and published in The Cornish Song Book: Lyver Canow Kernewek, 1929
Merv Davey- 25 May 2025
This version, and melody, were well-known in West Cornwall fifty or sixty years ago. The words, which are an interesting commentary on old Christmas and New Year customs, were communicated (from an old MS. and from personal recollection) in 1912, by Mr. Wm. Dunstan, of Carnon Downs, near Truro.
- Merv Davey
- 25 May 2025
The mermaid, or "merry-maid," has haunted the shores of old Comwall from time immemorial, and lured many a Cornish sailor and fisherman ("to whom the supersitions of mermen and mermaidens had the familiarity oa a creed) to a watery grave. The mermaids of St. Just, Zennor, St lvcs, Padstow and
- Merv Davey
- 25 May 2025