Town was none too gay
so I went to stay
for a day or two
at a place called Dingley Dell.
At the 'Horse and Groom'
in the coffee room
I heard lots of talk all about the Village Belle.

When I said at Dingley Dell
"Can I see the Village Belle?"
I was told to go when the lights were low
to the Wishing Well.
There I met the Village Belle
and her name was Little Nell.
Nellie held my hand,
saying "Ain't love grand!"
by the Wishing Well.
Then she began to wish
for quite a lot of things,
a wedding soon, a honeymoon,
fur coats, and diamond rings.
Oh! I very nearly fell
for that little Village Belle
when I lost my head and I fell instead
down The Wishing Well.

When I said at Dingley Dell
"Can I see the Village Belle?"
I was told to go when the lights were low
to the Wishing Well.
There I met the Village Belle
and her name was Little Nell.
Nellie held my hand,
saying "Ain't love grand!"
by the Wishing Well.
Then she began to wish
for quite a lot of things,
a wedding soon, a honeymoon,
fur coats, and diamond rings.
Oh! I very nearly fell
for that little Village Belle
when I lost my head and I fell instead
down The Wishing Well.

Down that well I dropped,
in the water flopped,
love deserted me,
all my burning ardour damped.
Saw a ray of hope,
rescued by a rope,
swore I'd never more,
never, never, more be vamped.

When I said at Dingley Dell
"Can I see the Village Belle?"
I was told to go when the lights were low
to the Wishing Well.
There I met the Village Belle
and her name was Little Nell.
Nellie held my hand,
saying "Ain't love grand!"
by the Wishing Well.
Then she began to wish
for quite a lot of things,
a wedding soon, a honeymoon,
fur coats, and diamond rings.
Oh! I very nearly fell
for that little Village Belle
when I lost my head and I fell instead
down The Wishing Well.

When I said at Dingley Dell
"Can I see the Village Belle?"
I was told to go when the lights were low
to the Wishing Well.
There I met the Village Belle
and her name was Little Nell.
Nellie held my hand,
saying "Ain't love grand!"
by the Wishing Well.
Then she began to wish
for quite a lot of things,
a wedding soon, a honeymoon,
fur coats, and diamond rings.
Oh! I very nearly fell
for that little Village Belle
when I lost my head and I fell instead
down The Wishing Well.

Soft karaoke
Words
synth str 1 treble
synth str 1 bass
fr hrn treble
synth brass 1 bass
Karoke Lyric Line
By The Wishing Well 1934 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 05 Jul 2001

By The Wishing Well 1934 seq Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK 05 Jul 2001
By The Wishing Well 1934
Music by Henry Himmel
Words by Eugene Stanley
Copyright MCMXXXIV by H. Benjamin. S.A.R.L. Paris
The Victoria Music Publishing Company Ltd.,
52 Maddox Street, London W1
sequenced and arranged by
Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
Thursday 05 Jul 2001 at 09.30
in association with Doug Grierson
Karaoke by Bunty Pritchard Jones