Hi a’th kar, yeah, yeah, yeah
According to a report on the globeandmail.com website The Beatles’ songs are being given a Celtic makeover by a band playing some of their greatest hits in Cornish,.Skwardya, from Cornwall, England’s most southwesterly county, have translated four Beatles songs into the Cornish language — including She Loves You (Hi a’th kar) and Something (Neppyth) — with more to follow.
Cornish, closely related to Welsh and Breton, died out as a living language in 1777, but has recently benefited from a revival in interest. About 3,500 people now speak basic Cornish, or Kernewek, and around 500 speak it fluently. Matthew Clarke, half of the Skwardya duo and a Cornish speaker for 16 years, said translating the legendary 1960s pop band’s songs was “a bit of fun. It’s good to have some other things [to sing] rather than just folk songs and the odd hymn.”
