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'''Let all the bells of London sing''' is a poem by Nick Sorensen. Nick is a writer and musician who lives in Somerset. He is a Visiting Research Fellow at Bath Spa University and a member of the Governance Group for Paper Nations<ref>[https://andotherpoems.com/2021/01/07/let-all-the-bells-of-london-sing-by-nick-sorensen/ 'Let all the bells of London sing!' by Nick Sorensen] - And Other Poems</ref>. Folk singer Anne Gregson<ref>[https://concertina.info/wordpress4/ Anne Gregson]</ref> has set the poem to a tune based on [[Row|Queens]].
 
'''Let all the bells of London sing''' is a poem by Nick Sorensen. Nick is a writer and musician who lives in Somerset. He is a Visiting Research Fellow at Bath Spa University and a member of the Governance Group for Paper Nations<ref>[https://andotherpoems.com/2021/01/07/let-all-the-bells-of-london-sing-by-nick-sorensen/ 'Let all the bells of London sing!' by Nick Sorensen] - And Other Poems</ref>. Folk singer Anne Gregson<ref>[https://concertina.info/wordpress4/ Anne Gregson]</ref> has set the poem to a tune based on [[Row|Queens]].
 
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Let all the bells of London sing!
 
St Clements, Stepney, Aldgate, Bow
 
Across blue skies your chimes take wing
 
From shade-filled churches far below
 
 
St Clements, Stepney, Aldgate, Bow
 
Shoreditch peals in chorus calling
 
From shade-filled churches far below
 
Treble down to tenor falling
 
 
Shoreditch peals in chorus calling
 
Clapper tongues in towers aspiring
 
Treble down to tenor falling
 
Ring full circle Plain Bob Minor
 
 
Clapper tongues in towers aspiring
 
"When will you pay me?" "When I'm old"
 
Ring full circle Plain Bob Minor
 
Wake Highgate's drowsing ghostly hoard
 
 
"When will you pay me?" "When I'm old"
 
Across blue skies your chimes take wing
 
Wake Highgate's drowsing ghostly hoard
 
Let all the bells of London sing!
 
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==References==
 
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Revision as of 15:13, 1 February 2021

Let all the bells of London sing is a poem by Nick Sorensen. Nick is a writer and musician who lives in Somerset. He is a Visiting Research Fellow at Bath Spa University and a member of the Governance Group for Paper Nations[1]. Folk singer Anne Gregson[2] has set the poem to a tune based on Queens.

References