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Ding dong! merrily on high

Author: George Ratcliffe Woodward Appears in 12 hymnals

Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 10 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Charles Wood, 1866-1926; Colin Hand Tune Sources: Traditional French melody Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 11217 65561 17111 Used With Text: Ding dong, merrily on high

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Ding Dong Merrily on High

Author: George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1848-1934 Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #1227 First Line: Ding dong! Merrily on high Lyrics: 1. Ding dong! Merrily on high, in Heav’n the bells are ringing, Ding dong! Verily the sky is riv’n with angel singing. Gloria, hosannah in the highest! 2. E’en so here below, below, let steeple bells be swungen, And io, io, io, by priest and people sungen. Gloria, hosannah in the highest! 3. Pray ye dutifully, prime your matin chime, ye ringers; May ye beautifully rime your evetime song, ye singers. Gloria, hosannah in the highest! Languages: English Tune Title: [Ding dong! Merrily on high]

Ding! Dong! Merrily on High

Hymnal: The Joy of Christmas #73 (1978) First Line: Ding dong! merrily on high Refrain First Line: Gloria, Hosanna in excelsis! Tune Title: [Ding dong! merrily on high]

Ding dong, merrily on high

Author: George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1848-1934 Hymnal: Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #148 (2000) Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain First Line: Ding dong, merrily on high! Refrain First Line: Gloria, hosanna in excelsis Lyrics: 1 Ding dong, merrily on high! In heav’n the bells are ringing; ding dong, verily the sky is riv’n with angel singing. Gloria, hosannah in excelsis! Gloria, hosannah in excelsis! 2 E'en so here below, below, let steeple bells be swungen, And io, io, io, by priest and people sungen. Gloria, hosannah in excelsis! Gloria, hosannah in excelsis! 3 Pray ye dutifully prime your matin chime, ye ringers; may ye beautifully rhyme your evetime song, ye singers. Gloria, hosannah in excelsis! Gloria, hosannah in excelsis! Topics: Christmas; Years A, B, and C Christmas Day Scripture: Luke 2:13-14 Languages: English Tune Title: BRANSLE DE L'OFFICIAL

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Colin Hand

Arranger (alternative refrain) of "BRANSLE DE L'OFFICIAL" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New

George Ratcliffe Woodward

1848 - 1934 Person Name: George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1848-1934 Author of "Ding Dong Merrily on High" in The Cyber Hymnal Educated at Caius College in Cambridge, England, George R. Woodward (b. Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, 1848; d. Highgate, London, England, 1934) was ordained in the Church of England in 1874. He served in six parishes in London, Norfolk, and Suffolk. He was a gifted linguist and translator of a large number of hymns from Greek, Latin, and German. But Woodward's theory of translation was a rigid one–he held that the translation ought to reproduce the meter and rhyme scheme of the original as well as its contents. This practice did not always produce singable hymns; his translations are therefore used more often today as valuable resources than as congregational hymns. With Charles Wood he published three series of The Cowley Carol Book (1901, 1902, 1919), two editions of Songs of Syon (1904, 1910), An Italian Carol Book (1920), and the Cambridge Carol Book