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Ringing the Changes

from Kintsugi by John Holden

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On Wednesday night at seven o’clock
We climb the stairs up to our loft
A happy band of ringers eight
But everyone scowls if you are late
Now we ring, let us ring

With open ears and steady feet
We ring the rounds, don’t miss a beat
Treble’s going, treble’s gone
The clappers strike, oh hear them toll
Quite a thing, when we ring

Henry’s due a replacement knee
And Polly has bats in her belfry
Godfrey wears flamboyant hats
Dear Marjorie has twenty cats
What a thing, let us ring

Norman’s a conquest of the Dean
Anne is stage four and yet so keen
I’m on the two and that’s just fine
The Captain keeps us all in line
And we ring, we must ring

Pull off the sally, learn the ropes
Ringing the changes note by note
A stranger band you could not find
But when we pull, we’re of one mind
Quite a thing, when we ring

Our bells ring out across the miles
Calling the weary to rest a while
For broken hearts to contemplate
So young and old can celebrate
Our hearts sing, when we ring

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from Kintsugi, released September 30, 2022

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