Talk:Ding Dong Merrily on High

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[edit] Punctuation

Is there really a comma at the end of the first line? "on high in heaven the bells are ringing" seems to make more sense to me, but I don't have access to a Woodward source. Mooncow 23:46, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

I see that corrected lyrics have kindly been added by Dah31. Mooncow (talk) 01:19, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lyrics

The article contains the following claim:

'Note: "Swungen" and "Sungen" in the second verse, whilst correct English, are very often rendered into their more modern past-forms of "swung" and "sung" for performance today, which somewhat alters the balance of that verse.'

Is this really true? It seems an extraordinary thing to do, and I have never heard anything but the "swungen" and "sungen" forms despite having heard this carol sung many many times by many many choirs. Mooncow (talk) 00:02, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Most memorable feature"

I'm going to reinstate my bit about the Glo-o-…-o-ria but try to make it less POV (and add references (though I reckon one of them might have been copied from the other)). (I originally got it from the article on Angels We Have Heard on High, where an almost identical line has stood unchallenged for over two years.) As for AWHHoH, its line is IMHO exactly the same, except the end is different and it's shorter (and therefore not as good).—Dah31 (talk) 02:19, 23 December 2007 (UTC)