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WHEN THE BELLS ARE RINGING Sung by: Mrs. Ben Daugherty Recorded in Ash Flat, AR 8/24/58 Click here to listen to the original recording I love a girl that just lives o'er the way, But to propose I have long how to start. Show me the way to her heart." "Well," says Dad, "I'll tell you, lad, If you wish to wed. When I called on your mother in days long ago, I picked up my courage and said: 'When the bells are ringing, Mary, Let me lead you to the altar. Do not falter. I will ring your finger, Mary, When the bells ring for you and me.'" Dressed in his best, on the girl called the lad. He seemed to have all the courage of Dad. Her name is Mary, like Mother's, they say-- Mary, that old-fashioned name. 'Neath the tree stood he and she In the pale moonlight. With a smile on his face and a very sweet embrace, He pleaded for her hand that night. "When the bells are ringing, Mary, Let me lead you to the altar; do not falter. I will ring your finger, Mary, When the bells ring for you and me." |
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