Ding Dong Ditty

orchidee



Tune: Branle De L'officiel

('Ding, dong! Merrily on high')

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Ding, dong! Here a Saviour born

Upon the first Christmas morn

Bing, bong! Bells small and great sound

Spread the good news all around

 

Chorus

A-ll-ll-e-lu-ia! Glory to god, peace on earth

A-ll-ll-e-lu-ia! Good news of a Saviour's birth

 

Sing, song! High your joyful praise

Your worthy songs now upraise

Ling[ual], long! Tell it day, night long

Witness with the happy throng - Chorus

 

Jesus, born in manger bare

The stabled animals there

Viewed the babe, the Prince of Peace

Whose reign it never shall cease - Chorus

 

Bethlehem, you little town

Now of an endless renown

Light of the world born in you

Revealed, and all may Him view - Chorus

 

Come, our darkness now dispel

Bells ring out o'er hill and dell

Ever praise the Christ-child dear

In flesh to man He appears - Chorus

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: December 21st, 2020 03:35
  • Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem. Verses: 7.7.7.7. Chorus: 6.7.6.7. Ling long?! Related to 'lingual' - speaking, etc. I couldn't extend the 'ding, dong' part through the whole song, e.g. Ting, tong have any meaning?
  • Category: Spiritual
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Comments5

  • orchidee

    'The bells, the bells'! No, not Quasimodo's bells!

  • Goldfinch60

    Good fun write Orchi.

    Andy

    • orchidee

      Thanks Gold.

    • Jerry Reynolds

      Nice song Orchi. Have a happy Holiday and stay safe

      • orchidee

        Thanks Jerry.

      • Robert Southwick Richmond

        I don't know this Christmas tune, BRANLE L'OFFICIEL, but here it is, played on the organ. I can sing the original English words (also on the Hymnary web site), but I can't sing yours easily, and the chorus defeats me. Perhaps someone with more musical skill than mine will have better luck.
        https://hymnary.org/media/fetch/181074

        • Goldfinch60

          I sing in three choirs and I can easily fit Orchi's words to the song he has given us.

          • orchidee

            Thanks Robert. I only found out the tune name on Hymnary site.
            The verses seem quite easy - every line is 7 syllables. I've put 'Alleluia' (the 6 syllable lines in the Chorus) in place of the long 'Gloria'.

          • orchidee

            Thanks Gold. Carry on singing!



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