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"The Song of the Western Men", also known as "Trelawney", is a Cornish patriotic song, written in its modern form by Robert Stephen Hawker in 1824, but having roots in older folk songs. Hawker, a churchman, assumed that the Trelawny mentioned in the song was Sir Jonathan Trelawny, the Bishop of Bristol, who had been 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 had been imprisoned by parliament in 1628.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.robertstephenhawker.co.uk/?p=1002 )〕〔Piers Brendon, Hawker Of Morwenstow: Portrait of an Eccentric Victorian, Random House, 2011〕 According to Cornish historian Robert Morton Nance, ''The Song of the Western Men'' was possibly inspired by the song ''Come, all ye jolly tinner boys'' which was written more than ten years earlier in about 1807, when Napoleon Bonaparte made threats that would affect trade in Cornwall at the time of the invasion of Poland. ''Ye jolly tinner boys'' contains the line "Why forty thousand Cornish boys shall knawa the reason why."〔[http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/CORNISH/2001-07/0995657519 RootsWeb: CORNISH-L [CON] Trelawney]〕 The song has become one of the unofficial anthems of Cornwall and is a regular favourite sung at Cornish rugby union matches and other Cornish gatherings. In some schools in Cornwall, the children are taught the first verse and chorus, and sing it at events such as Murdoch Day and St Piran's Day. However, the people of Cornwall did not march to rescue Trelawny, as told in the song. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London for three weeks, then tried and acquitted.〔http://www.cornwalls.co.uk/history/people/john_trelawny.htm〕 ==Lyrics== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Song of the Western Men」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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