Ding dong! Merrily on high
words George Ratcliffe Woodward · arr. Charles Wood
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- Voicing
- SATB
- Key
- A♭ major
- Time
- 2/2
- Tempo
- quarter note = 120
- Length
- 12 bars
- Verses
- 6
The parts
The opening, 4 bars, on the app's piano: your part clearly, the others quietly.
Soprano part
Range
Lowest E♭4Highest E♭5
Alto part
Range
Lowest A♭3Highest A♭4
Tenor part
Range
Lowest E♭3Highest C4
Bass part
Range
Lowest G2Highest A♭3
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The words
Verse 1
Ding dong! merrily on high in heav'n the bells are ringing: Glo ria, Hosanna in excelsis!
Verse 2
Ding dong! veri ly the sky is riv'n with an gel sing ing.
Verse 3
E'en so, here below, be low, let stee ple bells be swungen,
Verse 4
And i o, i o, i o, by priest and peo ple sung en.
Verse 5
Pray you, duti ful ly prime your ma tin chime, ye ring ers;
Verse 6
May you beautiful ly rime your eve time song, ye sing ers.
Free to sing: Charles Wood died in 1926 and George Ratcliffe Woodward died in 1934.