The Cornish Floral Dance

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Composer:Traditional Cornish
Lyricist:Moss, Kate Emily Barclay ('Katie') (1881-1947)
First Line:As I walked home on a Summer night
Genre:Folk / Traditional
Instruments:piano, voice
Submitter:Woodroffe, Richard
Email:richard.woodroffe (e-mail)
Arranger:Moss, Kate Emily Barclay ('Katie') (1881-1947)
Originally called the Furry Dance
An ancient processional dance celebrating the coming of spring,
still kept up at Helston in Cornwall (Hence Cornish Floral Dance).
Typed in by hand from the original manuscript copyright 1911