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16 Jun 10 - 08:52 AM (#2929001) Subject: Lyr Req: The Green Cockade (Cornwall) From: GUEST,Guest Is anyone able to supply me with the words for the Cornish version of the Green Cockade ... as sung by Mo Keast, an excellent Cornish song interpreter. I would be very grateful for any help. Thanks. |
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16 Jun 10 - 09:21 AM (#2929016) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Green Cockade (Cornwall) From: pavane No, but in case it is relevant (probably not), there is an old (Irish) song of that name in the Bodleian Ballad Library, set in 1798 Starts: O, the glorious days of my grandad true |
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16 Jun 10 - 09:30 AM (#2929028) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Green Cockade (Cornwall) From: GUEST,Guest Sorry, thanks for taking the time to reply but not the version I am looking for. |
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16 Jun 10 - 09:33 AM (#2929031) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Green Cockade (Cornwall) From: GUEST,Terry McDonald It's in 'Canow Kernow, Songs and Dances from Cornwall' published by the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies in 1966. |
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16 Jun 10 - 12:13 PM (#2929161) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Green Cockade (Cornwall) From: GUEST,Terry McDonald Here's what's in Canow Kernow: My love is newly listed, he wears a green cockade He marched away and left me, like any roving blade Ch: Oh My poor heart, oh my poor heart My very heart is breaking all through the loss of him. His team of oxen ploughing, their loss now plainly show The very ground he trod upon, the grass refused to grow. If only I had told him, one half my grief and pain My lad would never listed, to sail away to Spain. Oh soon the leaves will wither, and ev'ry flower decay The beauty of a young maid will likewise fade away. |