The anthem of Cornwall Kernow Karaoke.

Cornwall
"Can Tus West" (Song of the Western Men)
"Trelawny"

Trelawny, who the anthem is named after and the main figure in the song, is somewhat of a Cornish national hero, who was a Protestant bishop imprisoned by the Catholic king James VII of Scotland / James II of England. After an uprising and war, Trelawny was found acquitted of seditious libel.
Trelawney is an unofficial anthem, since Cornwall is a part of the United Kingdom. As well, no official anthem has been declared by any Cornish governmental body. As such, it is hard to distinguish what is the true anthem of Cornwall. Another song that also lays claim as the "Cornish national anthem" is "Bro goth agan tasow" ("Old Land of our Fathers"), using the same melody as Brittany's anthem (another Celtic area in the region).

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On a good sword and a trusty shield
A faithful heart and true
King James's men shall understand
What Cornish men can do
And have they fixed the where and when?
And shall Trelawny die?
Here's twenty thousand Cornish men
Will know the reason why.

CHORUS:
And shall Trelawny live?
And shall Trelawny die?
Here's twenty thousand Cornish men
Will know the reason why.

2. Out spake the captain brave and bold
A merry wight was he
Though London Tower were Michael's hold
We'll set Trelawny free
We'll cross the Tamar, land to land
The Severn is no stay
Then one and all and hand in hand
And who shall bid us nay.

Chorus

3. And when we came to London wall
A pleasant sight to view
Come forth, come forth, ye cowards all
Here are better men than you
Trelawny, he's in keep in hold
Trelawny he may die
But twenty thousand Cornish men
Will know the reason why.

Chorus

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[TheMarrification]

I've got to ask, what software do you use to get the text to scroll across the screen like that? Cos Win Movie Maker and Nero vision can only put about a sentence in

[klimperklampersion]

@TheMarrification Hi,Have a nice day I use just Windows Movie Maker.Slect a right slection,enclose subtitles in video.Click on "Subtitles into selected clip" Then Click on "Change of a subtitle animation" Then find the "tickertape" that let you to write you full texture.Good luck -moleye-

[Gwlad1972]

@cornubian fe godwn ni eto

[cornubian]

@Gwlad1972 - meur ras!

Kernow-Brythonek,Dehwelys yw, bys vykken. Mir orth an folenn Nowodhow rag nowodhow yn kever an pyth a wra hi nessa!

Brythonic Cornwall - It's back and it's staying!

Watch the news for updates on what it's up to!

[cornubian]

@Lkonae - yes that is true - please keep up your interest in the subject matter. It is important that we can all have these civilised discussions with mutual respect. I think there is scope for much more research in this area.

[Lkonae]

@cornubian I wasn't aware of that. However, it couldn't have been total genocide, considering the native Cornish still make up a large portion of the haplogroups.

[Gwlad1972]

Kernou - you know who and what you are :-) Meibion.....

[cornubian]

@Lkonae Analysis of the differences to the Y chromosome found in communities across the island going east to west confirm that the male population in the east was different to that of the west. Further the Anglo-Saxon genocide of the British/Brets/Brythons/Keltoi/­Khumri/Cimmeroi carried on into the Early Modern Period. 900 unarmed Cornishmen were murdered at Clyst St Mary in 1549. There were also genocidal campaigns by Saxons/English in Cornwall in 1497; 1549AD; 838AD; 

[Lkonae]

@cornubian Anglo-Saxon genocide? Please enlighten me. According to all physical evidence, there was no genocide. The Anglo-Saxons merely assimilated into the dominant Briton population. If you mean cultural genocide, then you would be correct.

[cornubian]

@soulofthenorth -Cumbria used to be part of Cymru and 'The Old North'. They were the Brets (i.e.Brythons - Ancient Britons). The Welsh are the rump of the Britons who were left after the Anglo-Saxon genocide. The Cumbrians originally went with the Welsh and then they were lumped in with Scotland for a time (eg William Wallace was a descendant of those people). Cornwall was always a separate nation the Cornish-Britons (Cornu-British). See:Wace,Layamon,The Bruts, Geoffrey of Monmouth,Corineus.

[Pro13east]

@soulofthenorth aye true but by the celtc league like mentioned before it is a celtic nation. i sayed was a celtic nation not a full independant nation

yes it is a part of England but is not treated as such.

and one day will have recognition as notational minority but remain in the UK.