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Clang! Clang! Clang!
I set my basket down; / The bells hang high in the belfry tower, / And tell the folk 'tis the evening hour, / Through in and out the town.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
O hush my wooden shoon!
When gently I swing the sacred door, / And kneel me down on the marble floor / To beg a heavenly boon.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Be silent, wooden shoon; / And cease your noise while I say my prayers, / When vespers soar through the winding stairs, / Up to the lonely moon.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Good things all end too soon; / I bow the knee as I say good-bye, / To holy place, with its spire on high: / Such restless wooden shoon!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Work, morning, night and noon; / For daily bread, and for nightly rest!
My heart is cheered and my soul is blest, / Ring out, O wooden shoon!