The Three Bells (The Jimmy Brown Song) / Les Trois Cloches - Bert Reisfeld (translator)-Brian Poole/The Tremeloes

[ti:The Three Bells] [ar:Brian Poole & The Tremeloes] [al:Time Is on My Side] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Three Bells (The Jimmy Brown Song) / Les Trois Cloches - Bert Reisfeld (translator) - Brian Poole/The Tremeloes [00:02.08]There's a village hidden deep in a valley [00:04.73] [00:05.43]Among the pine trees half forlorn [00:07.41] [00:08.60]And there on a sunny morning [00:11.01] [00:11.85]Little Jimmy Brown was born [00:13.89] [00:14.81]So his parents took him to the chapel [00:17.02] [00:17.69]When he was only one day old [00:19.75] [00:20.52]And the priest blessed the little fellow [00:22.51] [00:23.33]Welcomed Jimmy to the fold [00:25.22] [00:28.06]All the chapel bells were ringing [00:30.09] [00:32.11]In the little valley town [00:34.38] [00:36.30]And the song that they were singing [00:38.51] [00:40.41]Was for baby Jimmy Brown [00:42.49] [00:44.77]And the little congregation [00:47.08] [00:48.86]Prayed for guidance from above [00:50.82] [00:53.12]Lead us not into temptation [00:55.04]Bless this hour of meditation [00:57.29]Guide him with eternal love [00:59.37] [01:00.48]There's a village hidden deep in the valley [01:02.93] [01:03.53]Beneath the mountains high above [01:05.80] [01:06.81]And there twenty years thereafter [01:09.20] [01:10.02]Jimmy was to meet his love [01:12.07] [01:12.86]Many friends were gathered in the chapel [01:15.11] [01:15.72]And many tears of joy were shed [01:17.94] [01:18.78]In June on a Sunday morning [01:20.83] [01:21.61]Jimmy and his wife were wed [01:23.60] [01:26.39]All the chapel bells were ringing [01:28.23] [01:30.35]Was a great day in his life [01:32.67] [01:34.67]For the song that they were singing [01:37.06] [01:38.87]Was for Jimmy and his wife [01:41.37] [01:43.11]And the little congregation [01:45.67] [01:47.27]Prayed for guidance from above [01:49.42] [01:51.50]Lead us not into temptation [01:53.44]Bless with us this celebration [01:55.74]May their lives be filled with love [01:57.92] [01:58.94]From the village hidden deep in the valley [02:01.26] [02:01.90]One rainy morning dark and grey [02:04.27] [02:05.17]A soul winged its' way to heaven [02:07.37] [02:08.07]Jimmy Brown had passed away [02:09.99] [02:11.01]Silent people gathered in the chapel [02:13.12] [02:13.90]To say farewell to their old friend [02:15.94] [02:16.86]Whose life had been like a flower [02:18.97] [02:19.70]Budding blooming 'til the end [02:21.71] [02:24.33]Just a lonely bell was ringing [02:26.72] [02:28.55]In that little valley town [02:30.87] [02:32.81]And the song that they were singing [02:35.51] [02:36.97]Was for good old Jimmy Brown [02:39.08] [02:39.60]Little Jimmy Brown [02:41.28]And the little congregation [02:43.26] [02:45.18]Prayed for guidance from above [02:48.22] [02:49.35]Lead us not into temptation [02:51.85]May his soul find the salvation [02:53.99] [02:54.97]Of thy great eternal love