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Text:Ding Dong Merrily on High
Author:George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1848-1934
Tune:[Ding dong! Merrily on high]
Composer:Jehan Tabourot
Harmonizer:Edward L. Stauff
Media:MIDI file

1227. Ding Dong Merrily on High

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, hosannah in the highest!

2. E’en so here below, below,
let steeple bells be swungen,
And io, io, io,
by priest and people sungen.
Gloria, hosannah in the highest!

3. Pray ye dutifully,
prime your matin chime, ye ringers;
May ye beautifully
rime your evetime song, ye singers.
Gloria, hosannah in the highest!

Text Information
First Line: Ding dong! Merrily on high
Title: Ding Dong Merrily on High
Author: George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1848-1934
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Ding dong! Merrily on high]
Composer: Jehan Tabourot (1588)
Harmonizer: Edward L. Stauff
Incipit: 11217 65561 17111
Key: G Major
Source: Orchesographie, by Thoinot Arbeau, 1588; 16th Century French
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: The com­pos­er is some­times shown as Thoi­not Ar­beau, Ta­bou­rot’s pseu­do­nym.



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