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Thread #163321   Message #3896040
Posted By: Joe Offer
27-Dec-17 - 04:07 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: ding dong merrily revisited
Subject: ADD: Ding Dong Merrily on High (Woodward)
For the sake of completeness, here is the original, from http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com

DING DONG MERRILY ON HIGH
Words: George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1848-1934
Tune: Brane de l'Official, from Thoinot Arbeau's Orchesographie, (1588)

1. Ding Dong! merrily on high
In heav'n the bells are ringing
Ding, dong! verily the sky
Is riv'n with angel singing
Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis

2. E'en so here below, below
Let steeple bells be swungen
And i-o, i-o, i-o
By priest and people be sungen
Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis

3. Pray ye dutifully prime
Your matin chime, ye ringers
May ye beautifully rime
Your evetime song, ye singers
Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis.