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25 Feb 05 - 11:43 PM (#1421227) Subject: Origins: the merry merry christmas bells From: GUEST,stonejohn We have a song we sing around here; chorus goes " oh hear them ring, those merry merry Christmas bells," & c. Does anyone else know it, or where it's from? we'd like to know. |
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25 Feb 05 - 11:53 PM (#1421231) Subject: RE: Origins: the merry merry christmas bells From: Malcolm Douglas Your original requests (2001) are still here. The first contains information useful in eliminating possibilities that weren't, as it turned out, what you were looking for: Oh hear them ring Hymn Detectives:Origins? |
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04 Mar 05 - 11:40 PM (#1427089) Subject: RE: Origins: the merry merry christmas bells From: GUEST,stonejohn I keep hoping, but, alas! sj |
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05 Mar 05 - 12:20 PM (#1427388) Subject: RE: Origins: the merry merry christmas bells From: Compton It sounds like summat they sing in t' sheffield pubs. Try Ian Russell |
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05 Mar 05 - 01:14 PM (#1427438) Subject: RE: Origins: the merry merry christmas bells From: Malcolm Douglas Not known in the Sheffield carol pubs, I think, though plenty of the carols do have bells in them. If Dave Eyre passes by he'll probably be able to tell you for sure, though. |