Ringing of the Bell
or
A Hue & Cry after Raymond the Fox
By ROGER SPY, Esq.
The bells are ringing, Hark! how they merrily toll. What is the cause of their joy? Or why this cheerful tintinnation? They seem animated, and their rejoicing seems sensible, so expressive of triumph and hilarity are their peals, treble, bass and tenor make excellent harmony, and strike the very heart; the ringers themselves pull with pleasure—what is it they toll forth, or what may the bells be supposed to say?
Interpreter
I’ll tell you what they say ...
St. Patrick’s
He was full of Pa-pa tricks,
Says the bell of St. Patrick’s.
St. Mary
I wonder how dare he,
Says the bell of St. Mary.