The Three Bells Songtext
von Les Compagnons de la Chanson

A bell for birth
A bell for marriage
A bell for death

There is a village hidden deep in the valley
Among the pine trees half forlorn
And there on a Sunday morning
Little Jimmy Brown was born
So his parents brought him to the chapel
When he was only one day old

And the priest blessed the little fellow
Welcomed Jimmy to the fold
All the chapel bells were ringing
In the little valley town
And the songs that they were singing
Was for baby Jimmy Brown


There is a village hidden deep in the valley
Beneath the mountains high above
And there, twenty years thereafter
Jimmy was to meet his love
Many friends were gathered in the chapel
And many tears of joy were shed

In June on a Sunday morning
When Jimmy Brown and his bride were wed
All the chapel bells were ringing
It was a great day in his life
All the songs that they were singing
Were for Jimmy and his wife

From the village hidden deep in the valley
One rainy morning dark and grey
A soul wound its way to Heaven
Jimmy Brown had passed away
Silent people gathered in the chapel
To say farewell to their old friend

Whose life had been like a flower
Budding, blooming ′till the end
Just a lonely bell was ringing
In the little valley town
It was farewell that it was singing
To our good old Jimmy Brown


And the little congregation
Prayed for guidance from above
"Lead us not into temptation
Make his soul find a salvation
Of thy great eternal love"
Oh, oh