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Lamorna is a village, valley and cove in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the Penwith peninsula approximately four miles (6 km) south of Penzance and lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB); almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park. The South West Coast Path passes through the property.
Lamorna is a traditional folk song/ ballad associated with Cornwall, and dealing with the courtship of a man and a woman, who turned out to be his wife. The title comes from Lamorna, a village in west Cornwall. Sheet music held in The British Library dates the song to 1910.
A similar music hall song exists titled Pomona or Away down to Pomona which originates from Manchester in the north of England, which also refers to 'Albert Square' in the lyric which is the main plaza in front of Manchester's town hall. Inglis Gundry notes in his introduction to Canow Kernow (published by the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies, 1966): '...the process of balladry still goes on. In the Logan Rock Inn at Treen a popular song called Way down Albert Square is gradually being transformed into a folk-song called Lamorna." And at the time of the publication of his seminal collection of songs and dances from Cornwall he did not consider the song sufficiently old or important enough to be included in his selection.
The song became popular in Cornwall the 1960s and 70s through performance in Cornish folk clubs and has since gained wider currency. Versions of the song have been recorded by Brenda Wootton, The Yetties, and The Spinners (on the album All Day Singing, 1977).
Lamorna is a fishing village and cove in west Cornwall, United Kingdom.
Other uses for Lamorna include:
- "Lamorna" (folk song)
- Samuel John Birch, AKA Lamorna Birch, an English artist
- Lamorna Watts, an English actress