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Many songs mention ringing. Here are some of them.
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==The Bellringing==
 
 
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfxh49WAFvc The Bellringing] ([[Wikipedia:Roud|Roud]] [http://www.vwml.org/roudnumber/1515 1515]) was collected by The Revd [[Wikipedia:Sabine Baring-Gould|Sabine Baring-Gould]], the Squire and Parson of nearby Lewtrenchard, in January 1890 from William George Kerswell of Two Bridges, Dartmoor and also from James Down, a blacksmith, of nearby Broadwoodwidger. It is published in his book "Songs of the West" and he wrote "When sung by the old farmer over a great fire in the kitchens, his clear, robust voice imitating the bells produced an indescribable charm".
 
 
 
It is about a bell ringing contest in Devon. The villages of Northlew and Ashwater are in West Devon, near the border with Cornwall.
 
 
 
Chorus:
 
'Twas in Ashwater town, the bells they did sound,
 
They rang for a belt and a hat laced with gold,
 
But the men of Northlew rang so steady and true
 
That there never were better in Devon, I hold.
 
 
 
==The Bells of Rhymney==
 
 
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK_eVaLeiQ0 The Bells of Rhymney] is a song first recorded by folk singer Pete Seeger, using words written by Welsh poet Idris Davies. The lyrics to the song were drawn from part of Davies' poetic work Gwalia Deserta, which was first published in 1938.[1] The work was inspired by a local coal mining disaster and by the failure of the 1926 General Strike and the "Bells of Rhymney" stanzas follow the pattern of the nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons". In addition to Rhymney, the poem also refers to the bells of a number of other places in South Wales, including Merthyr, Rhondda, Blaina, Caerphilly, Neath, Brecon, Swansea, Newport, Cardiff, and the Wye Valley.
 
 
 
The lyric can be found on [https://play.google.com/music/preview/Tqz7oz44ywtq4rmcvdqkgphbsyu?lyrics=1&utm_source=google&utm_medium=search&utm_campaign=lyrics&pcampaignid=kp-lyrics&u=0# Google Play Music].
 
 
 
==Egloshayle Ringers==
 
 
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv6VumnmCuo Egloshayle Ringers] (Roud [http://www.vwml.org/roudnumber/1163 1163]) was collected by The Revd Sabine Baring-Gould from John Martyn, shoemaker, of Milton Abbott, who learnt it from his wife's uncle, who died in 1868 and was a ringer of St. Kew. The ringers mentioned in the song now lie in the graveyard at [[Wikipedia:Egloshayle|Egloshayle]], where their headstones can be found: Humphry Craddock d. 1839; John Ellery d. 1859, aged 85; Thomas Cleave d. 1821, aged 78; John Pollard d. 1825, aged 71; John Goodfellow d. 1846, aged 80.
 
 
 
Here is [https://youtu.be/40ZopQ9bEkI another version] of the song that has a chorus.
 
 
 
Chorus:
 
Lanlivery men, St. Tudy men, St. Mabyn and St. Kew,
 
But these five boys from Egloshayle could all the rest out-do.
 
 
 
==Oranges and Lemons==
 
 
 
Possibly the most famous traditional song related to bell ringing, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOk4pKRT4E8 Oranges and Lemons] (Roud [http://www.vwml.org/roudnumber/13190 13190]) is a traditional English [[Wikipedia:Oranges and Lemons | nursery rhyme and singing game]] which refers to the bells of several churches, all within or close to the City of London.
 
 
 
Oranges and lemons
 
Said the bells of St. Clements
 
You owe me five farthings
 
Said the bells of St. Martins
 
 
When will you pay me?
 
Said the bells of Old Bailey
 
When I grow rich
 
Said the bells of Shoreditch
 
 
And when will that be?
 
Said the bells of Stepney
 
Oh I do not know
 
Said the great bell of Bow
 
 
Here comes a candle
 
To light you to bed
 
And here comes a chopper
 
To chop off your head
 

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