Cornwall
"Trelawney"

Words by: unknown
Music by: Robert Stephen Hawker
Adopted: 19th century

Trelawney, 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, Trelawney was found acquitted of seditious libel.

Trelawney is an unofficial anthem, since Cornwall is a part of England (which is itself part of the United Kingdom). 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).

Special thanks to: Ken Westmoreland, David Ricketts, and Bert H de la Houssaye for some of this information and to Yan Cross for the Cornish lyrics.

See also: United Kingdom, England.