The Song of the Western Men, also known as “Trelawny“, is a Cornish patriotic song described as the national anthem of Cornwall. Treloar is my Cornish family name from my mother’s side. The Trelawny mentioned in the poem was said to be Sir Jonathan Trelawny, the Bishop of Bristol, who was imprisoned in the Tower of London by King James II, in 1688. However, it is more likely that it referred to his grandfather, Sir John Trelawny, a Cornish Royalist leader who was imprisoned by parliament, in 1628. “A good sword (worDS) and a trusty hand! A merry heart and…
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