<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Can you share the whole song with us?<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers,</DIV><DIV>Alan</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 21 Nov 2006, at 15:20, Andrew Higson wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="width:655px; position:relative;; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; "><DIV id="ygrp-msg" style="width: 490px; padding: 0 15px 0 0; float:left; z-index:1;; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><DIV id="ygrp-text"><DIV style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville Old Face; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; ">Coincidental with the SRCY peal festivities, I came across their song in Morris' History and art of Change ringing. Sadly it isn't clear if it was to be recited or sung, but if it’s the latter maybe someone knows the tune. It starts thus:</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville Old Face; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; ">Some favourite pleasures all mortals here persues,</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "> </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville Old Face; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; ">The art of change ringing we Cumberlands doth choose:</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "> </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville Old Face; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; ">Then let us all endeavour to practice well this Art</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "> </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville Old Face; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; ">That when we are in the steeple each man may play his part.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "></SPAN></P><P style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville Old Face; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; ">Chorus</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "></SPAN></P><P style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville Old Face; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; ">For Cumberland we are and Cumberlands we'll be,</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "> </SPAN><BR style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville Old Face; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; ">To perform with any ringers both in town and country.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "></SPAN></P><P style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville Old Face; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; ">11 verses and choruses ensue telling of their supremacy over the ASCY and lauding their peal of 7104 Oxford TB Max in 1802.</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville Old Face; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; ">"I vow to thee my country" sort of fits in places……but I'm sure something jollier is called for.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "></SPAN></P><P style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Baskerville Old Face; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; ">Andrew</SPAN></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "></SPAN></P><BR style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><DIV style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></DIV><SPAN width="1" style="color: white;; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>