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First Published<\/td>1824<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Thomas Hudson \/ unknown<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN22833<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Thomas Hudson<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
unknown, England, Warwickshire, 1892<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From Thomas Hudson's 5th Collection of Comic Songs (1824)<\/strong>\n\nWHEN Dolly first I went to woo,\nI felt so strong love's flame,\nI meant to say, I loved her true,\nBut could not speak for shame.\nAnd as I glances sly did steal,\nMy heart was beating strong;\nThe village bells struck up a peal,\nWhich sounded sweet ding ! dong !\"\n\nDing, dong, &c. &c.\n\nThree months in courtship passed away,\nWhen I got her consent\nTo marry,--and I named the day,\nAnd then to church we went;\nSo blest as then I ne'er did feel\nAs round our friends did throng,\nWe heard again the village peal,\nRing forth their sweet \"ding ! dong!\"\n\nWhat people call the Honey Moon,\nHad scarcely pass'd-oh dear!\nA very different sort of tune\nCame jingling in my ear.\nEach morning, noon, and night did bring\nA peal so loud and strong,\nAnd sure as ever I said, \u201cDing!\u201d\nShe always answer'd, \u201cDong!\"\n\nThis discord lasted many a day,\nBut now we (wiser grown)\nHave bit upon a better way,\nAnd quarrels are not known.\nWe found out jarring was absurd,\nWith married folks quite wrong ;\nAnd now we bless the day we heard\nThe village bells \"ding, dong.\"<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
A song originally written and performed by\u00a0Thomas Hudson (1791- 1844)<\/a>\u00a0a song-writer and performer active in the singing taverns and supper rooms that influenced the early Music Hall in London.\u00a0  Hudson published his own songs –  this one appeared in his fifth collection, published in 1824. I have not been able to find it published in any other broadsides or songbooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Around 70 years later, F Scarlett Potter collected the words and music from the singing of an “elderly” person in Shipton-on-Stour, Warwickshire. He sent the song to Lucy Broadwood, and their correspondence can be found in the Vaughan Williams Memorial library<\/a>. It doesn’t appear to have been republished in any collection of folksongs so it may well have been recognised as a song with Music Hall origins.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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