by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
Ding a ding,"
Language: English
"Ding a ding," The sweet bells sing, And say: "Come, all be gay" For a wedding day. "Dong a dong," The bells sigh long, And call: "Weep one, weep all" For a funeral.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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