Key: G major
Verse 1
Neither drunken nor sober
Down Broadbury Down
Some dancing and singing
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I'll always re member that jubilee day
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The bells they did sound
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They rang for a belt
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so steady and true
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That there never were better in Devon,
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hold.
T 'was misunderstood
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of the men of Broadwood
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Rang appeal and the tenor
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should nev er have been
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so steady and true
Em
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A difficult matter to beat them, I wing.
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the bells they did sound
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They rang for a belt and a
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rang so steady and true
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That there never were bet
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ter in Devon, I hold
they said to our party
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We'll ring you a challenge
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again in the round
We'll give you the chance
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in St. Stephen's by Launceston
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The prize for the winner,
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a note of five pounds
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T 'was in Callington town,
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the bells they did sound
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They rang for a belt and a
hat laced with gold
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so steady and true
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That there never were bet
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ter in Devon, I hold
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So the match it went on in good Carlington
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And the bells they rang out
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o 'er the valleys below
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The old and young people,
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the hale and the feeble
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They came out to hear a
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sweet bell music flow
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T 'was in Carlington town,
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the bells they did sound
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They rang for a belt and a
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hat laced with gold
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so steady and true
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That there never were better in Devon,
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were obliged to give o 'er
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They were beaten completely
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again in the round
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rang so steady and true,
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No better than they in
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the West can be found.
then in Tarlington Town,
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The bells they did sound,
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They rang for a belt and a
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so steady and true,
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better in Devon I hold
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It was in Ashwater Town,
then in Carlington Town
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The bells they did sound,
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they rang for a belt and a
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But the men of North Blue
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rang so steady and true
That there never were better
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in Devon I hold you
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