"The Bell-Ringer" (1860) — A Victorian ballad sung by Derek B. Scott (original) (raw)

Click on arrow to hear the song performed by Derek B. Scott, Professor of Critical Musicology, University of Leeds, to his own piano accompaniment.

The song tells of a person whose employment brings emotions of widely varying kinds. The piano introduction gives the listener a clue as to his job.

Bibliography

Scott, Derek B. The Singing Bourgeois: Songs of the Victorian Drawing Room and Parlour. 2nd ed. Aldershot, Hampshire; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2001.

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Created 7 February 2020