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Folk songs include "Sweet Nightingale", "Little Eyes", and "Lamorna". [6] Few traditional Cornish lyrics survived the decline of the language. In some cases lyrics of common English songs became attached to older Cornish tunes. Some folk tunes have Cornish lyrics written since the language revival of the 1920s.
Traditional songs of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. Pages in category "Cornish folk songs" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Cornish players are regular participants in inter-Celtic festivals, and Cornwall itself has several lively inter-Celtic festivals such as Perranporth's folk festival, Lowender Peran. [32] Cornish Celtic music is a relatively large phenomenon given the size of the region. A recent tally found over 100 bands playing mostly or entirely Cornish ...
Cornish folk music groups (1 C, 2 P) S. Cornish folk songs (14 P) Pages in category "Cornish folk music" This category contains only the following page.
The White Rose is a traditional Cornish folk song, the chorus of which appeared in the film Ladies in Lavender (2005). The song remains popular and has been recorded by many of the Cornish male voice choirs and is often performed at funerals. In 2001 it was read at the funeral of Rick Rescorla, Cornish hero of 9/11. [1]
Camborne Hill (Cornish: Bre a Gammbronn) is a Cornish song that celebrates Richard Trevithick's historic steam engine ride up Camborne Hill, (Tehidy Road up Fore Street) to Beacon on Christmas Eve in 1801. A commemorative plaque is inlaid in a wall. [1] It is popular at Rugby matches and Cornish gatherings all around the world.
It is used by some modern Cornish traditional music groups as a solo or accompaniment instrument. [3] [4] The name crowdy-crawn is derived from the Cornish " croder croghen," literally "skin sieve," [5] [6] [7] sometimes shortened to "crowd." [1] [8] The crowdy-crawn is said to have originated from a tool used for gathering [1] or measuring [9 ...
Dalla was a band specialising in traditional Cornish music who were active from the late 1990s until about 2017. They were known mainly for their festival and concert performances, but until about 2013 also played music for Cornish Nos Lowen dance nights. After this, they used the name 'Skillywidden' when playing as a dance band.