’CORNWALL MY HOME’ - STEPHEN BASSETT & THE HIGHER BOSKERRIS CHOIR
Channel: Cornishpastyman
Date: 2020-05-08

Since the introduction of the Covid-19 restrictions on 23 March the nation has come together on Thursdays at 8 p.m. to applaud the NHS staff and all care and key workers. Performing live in Carbis Bay, Stephen Bassett and the Higher Boskerris Choir show their appreciation with the song that has become the Cornish anthem on these nights.

CORNWALL MY HOME (Harry Glasson, 1997)

I’ve stood on Cape Cornwall in the sun’s evening glow

On Chywoone Hill at Newlyn to watch the fishing fleets go

Watched the sheave wheels at Geevor as they spun around

And heard the men singing as they go underground

Chorus

And no one will ever move me from this land

Until the Lord calls me to sit at his hand

For this is my Eden, and I’m not alone

For this is my Cornwall and this is my home

I’ve left childish footsteps in the soft Sennen sand

I’ve chased the maids there, all giggly and tanned

I’ve stood on the cliff top in a westerly blow

And heard the wave thunder on the rocks far below

First thing in the morning, on Chapel Carn Brea

To gaze at the Scillies in the blue far away

For this is my Cornwall, and I’ll tell you why

Because I was born here and here I shall die 


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