Song 20 in The Christmas Songbook

Ding Dong Merrily on High

Also known as: Branle de l'Official

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Ding dong! merrily on high in heav'n the bells are ringing:
Ding dong! verily the sky is riv'n with Angel singing.
Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!
E'en so here below, below, let steeple bells be swungen,
And io, io, io, by priests and people sungen.
Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!
Pray you, dutifully prime your Matin chime, ye ringers;
May you beautifully rime your Evetime song, ye singers:
Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis!

Music: Melody "Branle de l'Official" from Thoinot Arbeau, Orchésographie (1589); harmony Charles Wood (1866–1926)
Words: George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934)
First published: Tune 1589 (Arbeau, Orchésographie); words and setting 1924 (Wood & Woodward, The Cambridge Carol Book, London: SPCK)
Copyright: Public domain in the US, UK and EU. The arrangement and recordings belong to the book.