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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!
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St Clements, Stepney, Aldgate, Bow
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Across blue skies your chimes take wing
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From shade-filled churches far below
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St Clements, Stepney, Aldgate, Bow
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Shoreditch peals in chorus calling
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From shade-filled churches far below
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Treble down to tenor falling
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Shoreditch peals in chorus calling
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Clapper tongues in towers aspiring
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Treble down to tenor falling
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Ring full circle Plain Bob Minor
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Clapper tongues in towers aspiring
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"When will you pay me?" "When I'm old"
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Ring full circle Plain Bob Minor
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Wake Highgate's drowsing ghostly hoard
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"When will you pay me?" "When I’m old"
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Across blue skies your chimes take wing
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Wake Highgate's drowsing ghostly hoard
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Let all the bells of London sing!
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Latest revision as of 21:50, 9 May 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. 

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!

References

  1. ↑ 'Let all the bells of London sing!' by Nick Sorensen - And Other Poems
  2. ↑ Anne Gregson
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