Bellman (The)

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Theme code Index	1363 5352
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Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	England/North East"England/North East" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Vickers
Book/Manuscript title	Book:William Vickers' music manuscript collection
Tune and/or Page number	No. 560
Year of publication/Date of MS	1770
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BELLMAN, THE. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title may refer to any number of individuals who in the course of their duties rang a bell, but surely one of the most bizarre was the figure known as 'The Fatal Bellman'. In 1605 a wealthy merchant and tailor named Robert Dow bequeathed the sum of £50 to the church of St. Sepulchre, near Newgate Prison in London, with the direction that it was to be rung outside the cell of the condemned at midnight before the day of execution. A clerk at the church was known as 'The Bellman of St. Sepulchre' and performed his duty at the appointed hour, ringing a handbell and reciting:

All you that in the condemned hole do lie,
Prepare you for tomorrow you shall die;
Watch all and pray: the hour is drawing near
That you before the Almighty must appear;
Examine well yourselves in time to repent,
That you may not to eternal flames be sent,
And when St. Sepulchre's Bell in the morning tolls
The Lord above have mercy on your soul.

Printed source: Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 560.

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