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by Helen Taylor (1876 - 1943)

Jingle hat
Language: English 
Whether you wish it or no,
You must dance when he comes,
To the tune of the panpipes, cymbals and drums
Sounded by Jingl-Hat Joe.
Bells on his head, bells on his toes,
Jingling he comes, jingling he goes.
Wedding or wake, market or fair,
Jingle-Hat Joe’s sure to be there,

Whether you wish it or no,
You must dance when he comes,
To the tune of the panpipes, cymbals and drums
Sounded by Jingl-Hat Joe.
Hornpipe or jig or saraband,
Played by the skill of the one-man band,
Now it’s a waltz, lilting and low,
Now a gavotte, stately and slow,
And now it’s a round or a reel
Or a mad tarantella,
Not a lad in the land can play it as well.

So whether you wish it or no,
You’ve all got to dance when he comes,
To the tune of the panpipes, cymbals and drums
When they’re played by the one-man band!

Text Authorship:

  • by Helen Taylor (1876 - 1943) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Martin Easthope (1882 - 1925), "Jingle hat", published 1920 [soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and piano], from The Mountebanks, no. 6, London: Enoch & Sons [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Mike Pearson

This text was added to the website: 2018-10-18
Line count: 23
Word count: 156

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