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De Hala Me / The May Day Carol



De Hala Me / The May Day Carol Words English Cornish

REFERENCES / NOTES

Baring Gould
Songs and Ballads of te West XLVII no 47

" This Carol still sung popularly in Cornwall at time of Collection "(Late19th C)

Songs and Ballads of the West 7th Edition 1905 Methuen

Republished in 1928 edited by C Sharp. Melody and Words  by JS Cayzer. Carol Still sung in Cornwall.

Hone
Every Day Book refers to the bringing in of the May for which it is thought the same song was sung in 1826,

Davey,M

Hengan, Dyllansow Truran, Redruth, 1983, (see bibliography). p42 
Cornish Words: Merv Davey

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