Another fine session last night at the Canberra Irish Club - good music, good songs and of course there’s the Guinness.
A friend of mine managed to track down the words to song I have been trying to find for the past several years - the Bell Ringers Competition - about teams of bell ringers in various parts of Devon in the UK. I heard the song about 20 years ago in Perth western Australia and the tune stuck, along with the chorus - but the words proved elusive the song started off:
In the month of October, neither drunken nor sober
On Broadbury Down I was wending my way
When I heard of some ringing, some dancing and singing
I ought to remember that Jubilee dayCHOR:In Ashwater Town, the bells they did sound
They rang for a belt and a hat laced with gold
But the men of North Looe rang so steady and true
that there never was better in Devon I hold
The tune could almost be sung as a round - anyhow, many thanks to Sandra for tracking this one down when my own net searches had proven fruitless.
Can’t play .mid files? Here it is in mp3
cheers
Jerry
