Willy Coombe (Crantock Games)

DESCRIPTION: "'Twas in the month of May, when flowers do spring" that the young men gather for the Crantock Games. In a fight between Crantock and Newlyn men, William Coomb is shot. He bids farewell to father, etc. and tells the coroner he was "wilfully" shot
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd)
KEYWORDS: death homicide sports farewell
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
May 16, 1721 - Crantock Games at which William Coomb is shot; he is buried the next day (source: Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd)
FOUND IN: Britain(England(West))
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Baring-Gould/Sheppard-SongsOfTheWest2ndEd, #88, "Willy Coombe" (1 text, 1 tune, shortened)
Gundry-CanowKernow-SongsDancesFromCornwall, p. 48, "Crantock Games (William Coomb)" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #3318
File: Gund048

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