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Thread #117700   Message #2539011
Posted By: BB
13-Jan-09 - 02:57 PM
Thread Name: England's County Anthems
Subject: RE: England's County Anthems
'Trelawney' undoubtedly *was* the Cornish anthem, but certainly Roger Bryant's 'Cornish Lads' is now running it at least a close second in many Cornish pubs these days. I think present day Cornishmen actually identify with it in the here and now, as opposed to the historical 'Trelawney'.

Someone mentioned 'Where be that blackbird to?' as a possible Cornish anthem. It's more likely to be a Devon one (much more likely than any of the parlour songs mentioned above - and no, I'm not talking about 'Widecombe Fair'), as the use of the expression 'Where be to?' and such like is very much Devonshire dialect, rather than Cornish.

Barbara