The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #2710 Message #1617088
Posted By: Bunnahabhain
30-Nov-05 - 07:35 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Oranges and Lemons (say the bells of...)
Subject: RE: Oranges and Lemons-Lyr addition and question
Does anyone have a reference for the first lines:
'Gay go up and gay go down, to ring the bells of London Town'
That dates to before 1911, when the Kipling poem 'The Bells and Queen Victoria' dates to.
It starts:
"Gay go up and gay go down
To ring the Bells of London Town."
When London Town's asleep in bed
You'll hear the Bells ring overhead