THREE BELLS 1980 - COWTOWN by TEXAS WATER

James Michael Taylor

Key - G

Texas Water might be the only trio besides The Browns to do this song in the later part of the twentieth century. By Jacque Brel via the Browns.

Here it is by There Browns:
https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+the+browns+three+bells&client=safari&sca_esv=7a56bf203bd23989&ei=dJfZZpijGuq5kPIP2dy3yAI&oq=youtube+the+browns%C2%A0&gs_lp=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&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:702565e5,vid:gNJxITxt6oo,st:0
The original by The Browns.

Chords/words - https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the-browns/the-three-bells-chords-621039
D
There’s a village hidden deep in the valley
G D G D
Among the pine trees half forlorn
D
And there on a Sunny morning
G A D
Little Jimmy Brown was born
Walk up to G
All the chapel bells were ringing
D
In the little valley town
D
And the song that they were singing
G
Was for baby Jimmy Brown
G
Then the little congregation
B C
Prayed for guidance from above
G
“Lead us not into temptation
D
Bless this hour of meditation
G
Guide him with eternal love”

There’s a village hidden deep in the valley
Beneath the mountains high above
And there, twenty years thereafter
Jimmy was to meet his love

All the chapel bells were ringing
Was a great day in his life
’Cause the song that they were singing
Was for Jimmy and his wife
Then the little congregation
Prayed for guidance from above
“Lead us not into temptation
Bless oh Lord, this celebration
May their lives be filled with love”

From the village hidden deep in the valley
One rainy morning dark and gray
A soul winged its way to heaven
Jimmy Brown had passed away
Just a lonely bell was ringing
In the little valley town
’Twas 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
May his soul find the salvation
Of thy great eternal love”

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Bert Reisfeld / Jean Villard
(p) 1990 txh2o