X:122
T: the Lily Bells Are Ringing
C: music: French Folksong.
C: words: Helen Goodrich.
Q: "Allegro moderato."
%R: air, march
B: "The Everyday Song Book", 1927
F: http://www.library.pitt.edu/happybirthday/pdf/The_Everyday_Song_Book.pdf
Z: 2017 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/book/EverydaySongBook/122_the_Lily_Bells_Are_Ringing.abc	 2024-11-23 231831 UT
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w: 1.~The* Lil-y bells are ring-ing,   The birds their car-ols sing-ing, The* sun-beams
w: 2.~From* star-ry heav-en fleet-ing, She brings us joy-ous greet-ing,  Old* Win-ter
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w: news are bring-ing     That Spring is here a-gain. How* sweet-ly sound the bells! Each*
w: still de-feat-ing, \-\-Her song is ev-er new.      She* wears a crown of joy,    Of*
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w: chime the tid-ings tells; How* swift-ly she's ad-vanc-ing! Each day her charms en-
w: love with-out al-loy;     The* rich and poor she bless-es, With lov-ing touch ca-
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w: hanc-ing; She* comes with songs and danc-ing, And lights up hill and glen.
w: ress-es;  The* world her sway con-fess-es,    And yields her hom-age true.
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