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19 Jun 02 - 10:00 AM (#732923) Subject: The White Rose (Cornish trad.) From: Greyeyes Does anyone have any information about the traditional Cornish song "The White Rose"? I've exhausted all my usual sources and apart from the fact that it's Cornish and traditional I can't find anything about it. I have traced a couple of CDs it has been recorded on but I'm really looking for info on the song rather than recordings. How old? Any provenance etc. |
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19 Jun 02 - 12:35 PM (#732982) Subject: RE: The White Rose (Cornish trad.) From: GUEST,greg stephens Afraid I dont know the song but I suggest you email Sue White at cornishsinger@hotmail.com. She sings Cornish songs, including the White Rose, and I bet she is the person to help you. |
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19 Jun 02 - 03:44 PM (#733125) Subject: RE: The White Rose (Cornish trad.) From: breezy Hear it on Thursdays in August at the well Parc,Trevone followed by Little lize.Try the Newquay male voice choir to whom it was taken to by Rod Stirling during the early 70s and we all thank Mervyn Vincent. |
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19 Jun 02 - 03:55 PM (#733134) Subject: RE: The White Rose (Cornish trad.) From: GUEST According to this page (Google cached - the original is dead) the song's origin is "unknown" |
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19 Jun 02 - 04:23 PM (#733149) Subject: RE: The White Rose (Cornish trad.) From: Kernow John I looked in Mike O'Connors book and Ian Marshall's. The song is in both but niether gives a clue to it's origin. Mike credits Mervyn Vincent for the version in his book and Ian Marshall says it sounds like a composed Victorian Ballad. I'll keep looking. John |
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20 Jun 02 - 04:18 AM (#733474) Subject: RE: The White Rose (Cornish trad.) From: Greyeyes Many thanks for responses & suggestions. |
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20 Jun 02 - 07:31 AM (#733523) Subject: RE: The White Rose (Cornish trad.) From: breezy Mervyn eh? sing yer buggers, find out how the choirs got it, find the connection. |
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20 Jun 02 - 07:20 PM (#733974) Subject: RE: The White Rose (Cornish trad.) From: songsearch I love the white rose in its splendour, I love the white rose in its bloom. I love the white rose, So fair as she grows. Its the rose that reminds me of you. This the chorus of the version we sing in "Elsie`s Band" Give us a shout if this is what you would like>¬ |
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26 Sep 10 - 12:27 PM (#2993990) Subject: RE: The White Rose (Cornish trad.) From: GUEST,Sue White Full words on my White Rose website http://sites.google.com/site/suewhiterose Best wishes everyone! Sue White |
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27 Jun 19 - 02:16 AM (#3997996) Subject: RE: The White Rose (Cornish trad.) From: GUEST,Mark From what I have been told living and being born in Cornwall it's a sing about the Cornish Bal maids, they were the young girls that worked in the Cornish mines, started work around the age of 10 and having enjoyed the Cornish sunshine until then their cheeks warm and red, after years of working in the arsenic rich air they became pale and sick, that's the story I was always told anyway |
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27 Jun 19 - 05:36 AM (#3998011) Subject: RE: The White Rose (Cornish trad.) From: Steve Shaw It's a well-known Friggin' Riggin' song here in Bude. They even used to pass the words around... |