Kenewgh! Sing!

Kenewgh! Sing! The Cornish Song Book

The “Kenewgh! Sing! The Cornish Songbook” was published by the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies.

Community singing in Cornish is a wonderful way to enjoy the sounds of the language, whether you are a speaker or not. It is surprisingly easy and the words and videos here are all you need to give it a try!

Bro Goth Agan Tasow - Cornish National Anthem

Bro Goth Agan Tasow

Trelawny

Below are a number of other traditional and newer songs from Cornwall in Kernewek, the Cornish language.

Trelawny - Song of the Western Men

Hail-to-the-Homeland

Cornwall My Home

Cadgwith Anthem

Camborne Hill

Lamorna

Lttle Lise

Maggie May

Sweet Nightingale

White Rose

Delyow Sevi

Nelsons Blood

Padstow Farewell Shanty

Constantine in Kerrier Lament

Karol Sen Day - St Day Carol

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

Redruth Wassail

The Kenewgh! Sing! songbook can be bought from the Kernow Goth bookshop along with other Cornish songbooks.

KENEWGH! SING! LEVER KANOW KERNEWEK / THE CORNISH SONG BOOK

Other Cornish language songs can be found on YouTube at

https://bit.ly/cornishsongplaylist-ach

KENEWGH! SING! LEVER KANOW KERNEWEK / THE CORNISH SONG BOOK, edited by Merv Davey

Two dozen of your favourite Cornish singalong songs with the tunes. The words are in Cornish and English and so it’s a good way to learn Cornish. A collection which is ideal for Cornish gatherings everywhere, gathered together by the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies’ Folk Songs & Music Officer & Past Grand Bard. Most songs have brief historical notes appended. As indicated in the informative introduction, the book marks 100 years from the germination of the idea which led to the publication of Ralph Dunstan’s ‘Cornish Song Book’ at the time of the creation of Gorsedh Kernow, the Cornish Gorsedh.

Published by the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies.

58 pages, music.

ISBN 978-0-902660-49-6

Songs from this songbook can be heard at
Kenewgh! Sing!

Projects

The Kernow Goth movement, along with Old Cornwall Societies, work on individual and collaborative projects that help support Cornwall's historic, cultural and environmental heritage.

If you (whether an individual, group or organisation) would like to discuss working with the Federation or any of the Kernow Goth societies on a project, please get in contact. Your group may be in the arts, education or environment sectors besides those in the heritage sector.

The Federation is also supporting the Cornish Buildings Group by sharing information about its Buildings at Risk Project. More about this project can be found by clicking Buildings at Risk Project which will take you to the project page.

Many Old Cornwall Societies work on projects within their local area, which you can find by on their pages - start exploring here. If you see a project you would like to get involved with, contact the relevant society who will be pleased to hear from you.

Please find below a selection of our current projects.

Mapping Methodism

Christianity and place have been closely connected in Cornwall since the middle decades of the eighteenth century through the rich heritage of Methodism. It is a connection that is still symbolised today by the physical presence of town and village chapels and Cornish Story is now working in partnership with both the Methodist Church and the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies to create a series of profiles of both existing and former religious sites.

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Pobel A Gernow

The new scheme is a collaboration between the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies, Cornwall Heritage Trust, and Gorsedh Kernow. We want to engage the communities in Cornwall to nominate people from their area, who deserve recognition for the contribution they have made to the history and culture of Cornwall. You can nominate on the CHT website - click through to find out more.

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Cornish Voices Dialect Project

The Cornish Voices Dialect Project is a collaboration between Cornwall Heritage Trust, The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies, Gorsedh Kernow and Lowender Peran. The project seeks to promote awareness of Cornish dialect both as a modern medium of communication and part of Cornwall’s cultural heritage.

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Kenewgh! Sing!

This project aims to make it easy to learn to sing Cornish folk songs both in Cornish and in English. The accompanying book, edited by Dr Merv Davey and published by FOCS, contains dozen of your favourite Cornish singalong songs with the tunes. The words are in Cornish and English and so it’s a good way to learn Cornish. A collection which is ideal for Cornish gatherings everywhere, gathered together by the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies’ Folk Songs & Music Officer & Past Grand Bard. Most songs have brief historical notes appended. As indicated in the informative introduction, the book marks 100 years from the germination of the idea which led to the publication of Ralph Dunstan’s ‘Cornish Song Book’ at the time of the creation of Gorsedh Kernow, the Cornish Gorsedh.

Find out more

Newquay - Kowethas Kernow Goth Towan Blystra

A number of projects are run by the society covering the Newquay area, also through the society museum relating to arts and the environment. A brief overview of these can be seen at Newquay Heritage Projects.

They are looking for volunteers who are keen to be involved with a number of new projects that involve preservation of heritage and protecting the environment in Cornwall. Contact Len Sheppard at nocs.archive@gmail.com

Audio & Visual

Audio & Visual

With greater interest in website content that includes podcasts and vodcasts / videocasts there will be a number of pages that will include these. Links to these may also be found on other pages, which may have text content that is relevant. A number of our societies may be producing these and these can be found on their society webpages as well as within this webpage grouping.

Audio & Visual - Cornish Poetry and Stories

Audio & Visual - Videos of Interest

Audio & Visual - Kenewgh! Sing!

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Cornish Music & Dance

Cornish Music & Dance

Singing in Kernewek

Click the link below to open a new page entitled Kenewgh! Sing! where you will have a selection of traditional and new Cornish songs sung in Kernewek. The words are displayed on the screen to enable you to join in and learn some real Cornish singing. Two examples include the stirring Cornish National Anthem 'Bro Goth Agan Tasow' and the immensely popular 'Trelawny' sung by multitudes at Cornish events.

Kenewgh! Sing!

Bro Goth Agan Tasow - Cornwall National Anthem

Trelawny Verow Trelawny Bras

Cornish Tea Treats

The Tea Treat Project has been completed and is available for everyone to view.

The Federation of Old Cornwall Societies, Cornish Story, and the Institute of Cornish Studies collaborated on a project to collate photographs of as many tea treats across Cornwall. Many individuals and Societies contributed their photographs to the project.

Tony Mansell, the project lead, has now collated all of these photographs into a document which is available to download below.

Thanks are due to all of those who contributed, the final document is a fantastic record of an important part of our social history.

Click Here To Download

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