The document is a musical score for a Christmas carol. It contains musical notation and lyrics celebrating Christmas with bells ringing in heaven and on earth. It encourages priests and people to sing joyfully and for ringers to beautifully play morning and evening church bells.

1. Ding! dang! merrily an high
(Christmas)
VERSE
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L Ding! dang! mer-ri -lyon
Ding! dang! ve - ri - ly the
REFRAIN
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Thoinot Arbeau (1520-95)
(arr. editors)
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1s_ riv'n with an - gel sing - ing.
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ri - al Ho - san - na_ in_ ex - cel sis!
2 E'en SO here below, below,
Let steeple beils be swungen,
And '10, io, io!'
By priest and people sungen.
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3 Pray you, dutifully prime
Your matin chime, yeringersl
May you beautifully rime
Your evetime song, y~ singers!
G. R. Woodward <J.&{8-1934)