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Ding, Dong, Bell

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Ding, Dong, Bell - staff notation
X:1543
T:Ding, Dong, Bell
O:england
B:Joyce, P. W.; "Old Irish Folk Music and Songs"
R:song
H:  From memory, as I heard it sung by children, when I was myself a child.
H:"The clerk" is the person who attends the priest and gives the responses
H:at Mass.
W:Ding, dong, bell, call the people, call the people,
W:Ding, dong, bell; the priest is on the altar;
W:Ding, dong, bell; call 'em quickly, call 'em quickly,
W:Ding, dong, bell; the clerk is coming also.
L:1/8
M:C
K:G
d2 d2 d4|ABcB ABcB|d2 d2 d7/2 d/|ecAG E2 D2|
d2 d2 d4|ABcB ABcB|d2 d2 e7/2 d/|ecAG E2 D2||

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