Verow Trelawny Bras?

Verow Trelawny Bras? (English: Will Trelawny Perish?) is the national anthem of the Cornwall Republic. It was written by Robert Stephen Hawker in 1824, and is also called Song of the Western Men in English.

Hawker wrote the song in 1824, telling of events that took place in 1688. When the song first appeared many thought it to be a contemporary record of events, although in fact the song contains one or two inaccuracies. The march on London described in this song only reached as far as Bristol, before Trelawny was acquitted by a jury in London and released. Many people have erroneously supposed the song to be ancient, among them, Sir Walter Scott, Lord Macaulay, and Charles Dickens.

The Trelawny in Hawker's song was Jonathan Trelawny (1650–1721), who was one of the seven bishops imprisoned in the Tower of London by James II in 1688. Born at Pelynt into an old Cornish family, his father, the 2nd Baronet of Trelawne, was a supporter of the Royalist cause during the English Civil War.