The Bellringing - Revision history

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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfxh49WAFvc The Bellringing]''' ([[Wikipedia:Roud|Roud]] 1515<ref name="Roud 1515">[http://www.vwml.org/roudnumber/1515 Vaughan Williams Memorial Library - Roud 1515]</ref>) was collected by The Revd [[Wikipedia:Sabine Baring-Gould|Sabine Baring-Gould]], the Squire and Parson of nearby [[Wikipedia:Lew Trenchard|Lew Trenchard]], in January 1890 from William George Kerswell of [[Wikipedia:Two Bridges, Devon|Two Bridges]] and also from James Down, a blacksmith, of nearby [[Wikipedia:Broadwoodwidger|Broadwoodwidger]]. It is published in his book "Songs of the West"<ref name="Songs of the West">[https://archive.org/details/SongsOfTheWest Songs of the West by S Baring-Gould, H Fleetwood Sheppard and FW Bussell]</ref> 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 [[Wikipedia:Northlew|Northlew]] and [[Wikipedia:Ashwater|Ashwater]] are in West Devon, near the border with Cornwall.

Chorus<ref name="The Bellringing - lyrics">[https://www.mainlynorfolk.info/tony.rose/songs/thebellringing.html Mainly Norfolk - The Bellringing]</ref>:
'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.

==References==
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[[Category:Ringing Songs]]

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 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfxh49WAFvc Alan Rosevear singing The Bellringing]
-*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_IY2T9dQyc The Teacups - Of Labour and Love]
+*[https://youtu.be/Ru5sba1vMvc?si=_9NkKGi4xSiW5BQ5 The Teacups - Of Labour and Love]
 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPT-u_Rn4-U Bill Walters - One Singer One Song]

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 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfxh49WAFvc Alan Rosevear singing The Bellringing]
 *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_IY2T9dQyc The Teacups - Of Labour and Love]
 ==References==

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	*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfxh49WAFvc Alan Rosevear singing The Bellringing]		*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfxh49WAFvc Alan Rosevear singing The Bellringing]
		+	*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_IY2T9dQyc The Teacups - Of Labour and Love]

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-'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfxh49WAFvc The Bellringing]''' ([[Wikipedia:Roud|Roud]] 1515<ref name="Roud 1515">[http://www.vwml.org/roudnumber/1515 Vaughan Williams Memorial Library - Roud 1515]</ref>) was collected by The Revd [[Wikipedia:Sabine Baring-Gould|Sabine Baring-Gould]], the Squire and Parson of nearby [[Wikipedia:Lew Trenchard|Lew Trenchard]], in January 1890 from William George Kerswell of [[Wikipedia:Two Bridges, Devon|Two Bridges]] and also from James Down, a blacksmith, of nearby [[Wikipedia:Broadwoodwidger|Broadwoodwidger]]. It is published in his book "Songs of the West"<ref name="Songs of the West">[https://archive.org/details/SongsOfTheWest Songs of the West by S Baring-Gould, H Fleetwood Sheppard and FW Bussell]</ref> 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".
+'''The Bellringing''' ([[Wikipedia:Roud|Roud]] 1515<ref name="Roud 1515">[http://www.vwml.org/roudnumber/1515 Vaughan Williams Memorial Library - Roud 1515]</ref>) was collected by The Revd [[Wikipedia:Sabine Baring-Gould|Sabine Baring-Gould]], the Squire and Parson of nearby [[Wikipedia:Lew Trenchard|Lew Trenchard]], in January 1890 from William George Kerswell of [[Wikipedia:Two Bridges, Devon|Two Bridges]] and also from James Down, a blacksmith, of nearby [[Wikipedia:Broadwoodwidger|Broadwoodwidger]]. It is published in his book "Songs of the West"<ref name="Songs of the West">[https://archive.org/details/SongsOfTheWest Songs of the West by S Baring-Gould, H Fleetwood Sheppard and FW Bussell]</ref> 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 [[Wikipedia:Northlew|Northlew]] and [[Wikipedia:Ashwater|Ashwater]] are in West Devon, near the border with Cornwall.
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   Chorus:
   'Twas in Ashwater town then in Callington Town, etc.
 ==References==

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 ==References==
 <references/>
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Bellringing, The}}
 [[Category:Ringing Songs]]

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 It is about a bell ringing contest in Devon. The villages of [[Wikipedia:Northlew|Northlew]] and [[Wikipedia:Ashwater|Ashwater]] are in West Devon, near the border with Cornwall.
-  Chorus<ref name="The Bellringing - lyrics">[https://www.mainlynorfolk.info/tony.rose/songs/thebellringing.html Mainly Norfolk - The Bellringing]</ref>:
+  Lyrics<ref name="The Bellringing - lyrics">[https://www.mainlynorfolk.info/tony.rose/songs/thebellringing.html Mainly Norfolk - The Bellringing]</ref>:
   'Twas in Ashwater town, the bells they did sound,
-  They rang for a belt and a hat laced with gold,
+  They rang for a belt and a hat laced with gold.
-  But the men of Northlew rang so steady and true
+  And the men of Northlew rang so steady and true
-  That there never were better in Devon, I hold.
+  That there never were better in Devon I hold.
 ==References==