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Thread #160899   Message #3819043
Posted By: Anglo
08-Nov-16 - 02:22 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Sweet Chiming Bells
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sweet Chiming Bells
To add to Reinhard's accurate comments above, Sweet Chiming Bells as we (Nowell Sing We Clear) found it was yet another setting of While Shepherds Watched. Over the years we incorporated many versions of these wonderful lyrics into our annual concerts and into our recordings, but finding the poem and using it with the Chiming Bells chorus enabled us to use the song independent of Shepherds. John Foxen seems to be doing the same thing with another different and charming set of words.