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Say the bells of St. Margaret's. Brickbats and tiles, Say the bells of St. Giles’. Halfpence and farthings, Say the bells of St. Martin's. Oranges and lemons, Say the bells of St. Clement's. Pancakes and fritters, Say the bells of St. Peter's. Two sticks and an apple, Say the bells at Whitechapel. Pokers and tongs, Say the bells at St. John's.
St Clement Eastcheap considers itself to be the church referred to in the nursery rhyme that begins "Oranges and lemons / Say the bells of St Clement's". So too does St Clement Danes Church, Westminster, whose bells ring out the traditional tune of the nursery rhyme three times a day.
"Oranges and Lemons" (1744) is set to the tune of the bells of St Clement Danes, an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London. The first English collection, Tommy Thumb's Song Book and a sequel, Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, were published by Mary Cooper in London in 1744, with such songs becoming known as "Tommy Thumb's songs".
English: An orange and a lemon tree laden with fruit are growing side by side. A group of children have formed a circle around citrus trees and are probably playing "Oranges and Lemons". Daisies are growing in the grass. Designed for Jeffrey and Co. of London. Now produced at the Sanderson mill from original rollers.
"The Bells of Rhymney" is a song by the folk singer Pete Seeger, which consists of Seeger's own music accompanying words written by the Welsh poet Idris Davies. Seeger first released a recording of the song on a live album in 1958, but it is the American folk rock band the Byrds ' 1965 recording that is the best known version of the song.
Oranges and Lemons (Say the bells of St. Clement's), a nursery rhyme Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Saint Clement .
The cycle ends with the children's song "Oranges and Lemons" in an 18th-century version that has, as Sadie observes, "several verses unknown in most nurseries". [5] Kennedy describes the song as "a merry cadenza of bell chimes, beginning at St Clement's". [2]
Oranges and Lemons [ edit ] In early 2009, Till recorded all the bells mentioned in the nursery rhyme, " Oranges and Lemons " (two hundred bells in seventeen London churches), and wrote a piece of music to feature them all playing in harmony, alongside a choir of people who live or work in one of the areas around the churches.