DING DONG MERRILY ON HIGH

Ding-dong! Merrily on high
in heaven the bells are ringing.
Ding-dong! Verily the sky
is riven with angel singing:
Gloria! Hosanna in excelsis!

E’en so, here below, below,
let steeple bells be swungen;
and i-o, i-o, i-o,
by priest and people sungen!
Gloria! Hosanna in excelsis!

Pray you, dutifully prime
your matin chime, ye ringers;
may you beautifully rhyme
your eve’time song, ye singers.
Gloria! Hosanna in excelsis!