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| − | ==The Bellringing==
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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".
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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.
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| − | Chorus<ref name="The Bellringing - lyrics">[https://www.mainlynorfolk.info/tony.rose/songs/thebellringing.html Mainly Norfolk - The Bellringing]</ref>:
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| − | 'Twas in Ashwater town, the bells they did sound,
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| − | They rang for a belt and a hat laced with gold,
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| − | But the men of Northlew rang so steady and true
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| − | That there never were better in Devon, I hold.
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| − | ==The Bells of Rhymney==
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| − | '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK_eVaLeiQ0 The Bells of Rhymney]''' is a song first recorded by folk singer [[Wikipedia:Pete Seeger|Pete Seeger]], using words written by Welsh poet [[Wikipedia:Idris Davies|Idris Davies]]. The lyrics to the song were drawn from part of Davies' poetic work Gwalia Deserta<ref name="Gwalia Deserta - Part XV">[http://poetrynook.com/poem/gwalia-deserta-part-xv Gwalia Deserta - Part XV by Idris Davies]</ref> ("Wasteland of Wales"), which was first published in 1938. The verses it contained were inspired partly by such mining disasters as that at [[Wikipedia:Marine Colliery|Marine Colliery]] at [[Wikipedia:Cwm, Blaenau Gwent|Cwm]] near [[Wikipedia:Ebbw Vale|Ebbw Vale]] in 1927, and by the failure of the [[Wikipedia:1926 United Kingdom general strike|1926 UK General Strike]], the [[Wikipedia:Great Depression in the United Kingdom|Great Depression in the United Kingdom]] and their combined effects on the South Wales valleys. The "Bells of Rhymney" stanzas follow the pattern of the nursery rhyme [[#Oranges and Lemons|Oranges and Lemons]]. In addition to [[Wikipedia:Rhymney|Rhymney]], the poem also refers to the bells of a number of other places in South Wales, including [[Wikipedia:Merthyr Tydfil|Merthyr]], [[Wikipedia:Rhondda|Rhondda]], [[Wikipedia:Blaina|Blaina]], [[Wikipedia:Caerphilly|Caerphilly]], [[Wikipedia:Neath|Neath]], [[Wikipedia:Brecon|Brecon]], [[Wikipedia:Swansea|Swansea]], [[Wikipedia:Newport, Wales|Newport]], [[Wikipedia:Cardiff|Cardiff]], and the [[Wikipedia:Wye Valley|Wye Valley]].
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| − | The lyrics 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].
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| − | ==The Egloshayle Ringers==
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| − | '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv6VumnmCuo Egloshayle Ringers]''' (Roud 1163<ref name="Roud 1163">[http://www.vwml.org/roudnumber/1163 Vaughan Williams Memorial Library - Roud 1163]</ref>) was collected by The Revd Sabine Baring-Gould from John Martyn, shoemaker, of [http://www.devon.gov.uk/historicmiltonabbot Milton Abbott], who learnt it from his wife's uncle, who died in 1868 and was a ringer of [[Wikipedia:St Kew|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.
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| − | Here is [https://youtu.be/40ZopQ9bEkI another version] of the song that has a chorus.
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| − | Chorus<ref name="The Egloshayle Ringers - lyrics">[https://www.mainlynorfolk.info/folk/songs/theegloshayleringers.html Mainly Norfolk - The Egloshayle Ringers]</ref>:
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| − | Lanlivery men, St. Tudy men, St. Mabyn and St. Kew,
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| − | But these five boys from Egloshayle could all the rest out-do.
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| − | ==The (Norton) New Bell Wake==
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| − | '''[http://www.kingsnorton.info/articles/poem_new_bell_wake.htm (Norton) New Bell Wake]''' (Roud 10535<ref name="Roud 10535">[http://www.vwml.org/roudnumber/10535 Vaughan Williams Memorial Library - Roud 10535]</ref>) is a song associated with Saint Nicolas' Church, [[Wikipedia:Kings Norton|Kings Norton]] where the words are said to have been found in the church tower and refer to the hanging of the bells in 1783 by Robert Turner.
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| − | From 1763 until 1783 the brothers Robert and Samuel Turner hung most of the major rings cast at [[Wikipedia:Whitechapel Bell Foundry|Whitechapel]]. as well as working with other founders and on independent jobs. In 1783 Robert Turner hung the new bells at Kings Norton, Worcestershire, and after that nothing further is known of his work.<ref name="docklandsringers.co.uk">[http://www.docklandsringers.co.uk/towers/walworth/the-old-bellframe/ The old bellframe]</ref>
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| − | Chorus:
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| − | They banged each bell
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| − | And rang so well
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| − | So true their parts did take,
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| − | That from morn till night
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| − | Was loud delight
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| − | At Norton new bell wake.
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| − | The song was recorded by [[Wikipedia:Roy Bailey|Roy Bailey]] on his 2013 "New Bell Wake" album. The tune seems also to be used as a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJP_Z8Z7IyU morris tune].
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| − | ==Oranges and Lemons==
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| − | Possibly the most well-known traditional song related to bell ringing, '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOk4pKRT4E8 Oranges and Lemons]''' (Roud 13190<ref name="Roud 13190">[http://www.vwml.org/roudnumber/13190 Vaughan Williams Memorial Library - Roud 13190]</ref>) 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<ref name="Oranges and Lemons - lyrics">[https://www.mainlynorfolk.info/steeleye.span/songs/orangesandlemons.html Mainly Norfolk - Oranges and Lemons]</ref>.
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| − | Oranges and lemons
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| − | Said the bells of [[Wikipedia:St Clement Danes|St. Clements]]
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| − | You owe me five farthings
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| − | Said the bells of [[Wikipedia:St Martin-in-the-Fields|St. Martins]]
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| − | When will you pay me?
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| − | Said the bells of [[Wikipedia:St Sepulchre-without-Newgate|Old Bailey]]
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| − | When I grow rich
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| − | Said the bells of [[Wikipedia:St Leonard's, Shoreditch|Shoreditch]]
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| − | And when will that be?
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| − | Said the bells of [[Wikipedia:St Dunstan's, Stepney|Stepney]]
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| − | Oh I do not know
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| − | Said the great bell of [[Wikipedia:St Mary-le-Bow|Bow]]
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| − | Here comes a candle
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| − | To light you to bed
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| − | And here comes a chopper
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| − | To chop off your head
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| − | ==The St Dominic Ringers==
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| − | '''The St Dominic Ringers''' (Roud 104<ref name="The St Dominic Ringers">[http://www.vwml.org/record/GG/1/2/4# Vaughan Williams Memorial Library - Roud 104]</ref>) is a song collected by [[Wikipedia:George Barnet Gardiner|George Barnet Gardiner]] and [http://www.central-methodist.org.uk/pdf/central_organ_information.pdf C Stanley Parsonson] from the singing of Mr Rickard at Broomhead, Cornwall, England on 24 February 1905.
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| − | Come all ye merry gentlemen
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| − | That ringing do admire
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| − | Come listen to my ditty
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| − | Your attention I require
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| − | 'Tis of six jolly ringers
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| − | In St. Dominic they did dwell
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| − | ==References==
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