Hail to the Homeland

DESCRIPTION: "Hail to the Homeland, Great bastion of the free, Hear now thy children Proclaim their love for thee." Places in Cornwall are listed. " Great pulse of freedom In every Cornish heart, Prompt us and guide us...."
AUTHOR: Words: Pearce Gilbert / Music: Kenneth Pelmear (1923- 1995) (source: cornishnationalmusicarchive.co.uk)
EARLIEST DATE: words: 1959 (cornishnationalmusicarchive.co.uk
KEYWORDS: patriotic nonballad
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RECORDINGS:
Jill Fox, "Hail to the Homeland" (Piotr-Archive #572, recorded 04/27/2023)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Trelawny" (cited in this song)
NOTES [70 words]: Wikipedia calls this "one of the unofficial anthems of Cornwall." I strongly doubt it is traditional anywhere (the lyrics, at least, just aren't that good!), but it's in the Piotr archive, so I'm indexing it. I simply doubt that it was learned from tradition.
The song was eventually translated into Cornish, but the original Gilbert lyrics contain no words of Cornish, even though the song refers to a "Celtic flame." - RBW
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File: DPio572

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