20 Nov 99 - 04:16 PM (#138862) Subject: Cornish 'Tregarten Anthem' From: Kernow John The Tregarten Anthem Give me a [D]good sword [A7]and a [A]trusty [D]hand These are the [G]words that Parson Hawker [D]sang A tribute to this [G]far [D]western land An [G]Anthem [A]sung for every [D]Cornish man And here's the miner with his arm of steel His back as strong as any pit-head wheel The granite kingdom he calls his own It has a heart carved from the Cornish stone And here's the fisher with his silver net As fine a catch as you have ever met But be he wealthy or be he poor He's rich when standing on his Cornish shore And here's the farmer with his plough to wield His heart as gold as any harvest field His only wish is to live and die On Cornish land beneath a Cornish Sky The first verse is usually repeated as a chorus after 2,3and 4th verses. The song was written in 1995 for a play called Lady Tregarten's Dilemma but has outlived the play to become part of Cornish Tradition. Normally sung unaccompanied. Midi sent to Alan Regards Baz
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22 Nov 99 - 04:17 AM (#139425) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Add: Cornish 'Tregarten Anthem' From: Alan of Australia G'day, Thanks to Baz the midi is available from the Mudcat MIDI site.
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22 Nov 99 - 12:32 PM (#139555) Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Add: Cornish 'Tregarten Anthem' From: John Wood Hei BAZ. You forgot to mention that it was written by MIKE O'CONNER. And is available on the cassette ``SILVER HARVEST´´,Songs by Cornwall Songwriters c1999. Greetings John. PS.I heard this for the first time this summer at the CADGWITH Festival. |