by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901)

O ring the bells! O ring the bells!
Language: English 
O ring the bells! O ring the bells!
  We bid you, sirs, good morning,
Give thanks, we pray, -- our flowers are gay,
  And fair for your adorning.

O ring the bells! O ring the bells!
  Good sirs, accept our greeting;
Where we have been, the woods are green,
  So, hey! for our next meeting.

Then ring the bells! then ring the bells!
  For this fair time of Maying;
Our blooms we bring, and while we sing,
  O! hark to what we're saying.

O ring the bells! O ring the bells!
  We'll sing a song with any;
And may each year bring you good cheer,
  And each of us a penny.

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Confirmed with Kate Greenaway, Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children, New York: George Routledge & Sons, [1880], pages 44-45.


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