Lyr Add: The Bells of St Mary's (Furber/Adams)

Subject: The Bells Of St Marys ^^
From: John in Brisbane
Date: 14 Sep 00 - 12:47 AM

The lyrics in the DT are incomplete. Here are the verses. Regards, John

THE BELLS OF ST MARY'S

CHORUS

The bells of St. Mary's. Ah! hear they are calling,
The young loves, the true loves, who come from the sea.
And so, my beloved, when red leaves are falling,
The love bells shall ring out, ring out for you and me.

The bells of St. Mary's at sweet even time,
Shall call me, beloved, to come to your side
And out in the valley in sound of the sea
I know you'll be waiting, yes,waiting for me.

At the porch of St. Mary's, I'll wait there for you,
In your soft wedding dress with its ribbons of blue,
In the church of St. Mary's, sweet voices shall sing,
For you and me, dearest, the wedding bells ring.

^^

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Bells Of St Marys
From: The Walrus
Date: 14 Sep 00 - 04:37 PM

I seem to recall that there is also a military parody "The Balls of Sar'nt-Major"
I can's seem to lay hands on the book I saw it in, but IIRC it went along the lines

The balls of Sar'nt-Major are wrinkled and crinckled
Capacious and spacious as the dome of St Pauls
Crowd they do muster to gaze at the cluster
Of our Sergeant-Major's balls, balls, balls,balls, balls, balls,
(this last sung in a decending peal to imitate bells)

If I can find the details before this thread dissappears, I'll post them.

Regards

Walrus

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Bells Of St Marys
From: John in Brisbane
Date: 14 Sep 00 - 07:01 PM

I know where I can find the score for this song. I'll notate it after the Olympics, unless someone else volunteers in the meantime.

Walrus your version is great. Good luck with the rest of the lyrics.

Regards, John

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Bells Of St Marys
From: Snuffy
Date: 14 Sep 00 - 08:01 PM

Isn't Balls of Sarnt Major already in DT?

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Bells Of St Marys
From: Snuffy
Date: 14 Sep 00 - 08:03 PM

The Sarnt Majors Balls is there, and so is The Balls of O'Leary.

Wassail! V

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Bells Of St Marys
From: GUEST,The Walrus (on a borrowed machine)
Date: 15 Sep 00 - 12:26 PM

My apologies folks, I typed in "balls" and there was nothing under "Balls of Sar'nt-Major", like a fool, I forgot to check under a slightly different title "Sar'nt-Major's balls". - Ah well, that'll teach me to search properly next time.

Walrus

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Bells Of St Marys
From: MMario
Date: 15 Sep 00 - 12:45 PM

JOHN!!! DT already HAS the tune! (the link is broken on the "bells" page but works on the "balls" page

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Bells Of St Marys
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 15 Sep 00 - 07:12 PM

Thanx much for the additional words. The version in the DT is th only one I've ever heard sung.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Bells Of St Marys
From: Dave'sWife
Date: 20 Mar 05 - 05:09 AM

Aren't there some additional lyrics for this that have a Christmas theme to them? I honestly don't know. I do know that that one of the John Fahey Christmas albums had a lovely version which I tried to learn to pick back in the 80's. It was always a song we played at Chritsmas time but perhaps that has more to do with the fact that here in the USA, the film BELLS OF ST. MARY'S is shown every year during the holidays. Thanks

Subject: Lyr Add: THE BELLS OF ST MARY'S (Furber/Adams)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 30 Sep 07 - 08:29 PM

There are two problems with the version given above. (1) The chorus and verses aren't labeled as such (though they are labeled in the DT, which was apparently copied from this thread), and (2) there is a typo in verse 1 line 1: It should be "eventide" not "even time."

From Indiana University Sheet Music Collections:

THE BELLS OF ST. MARY'S
Words, Douglas Furber. Music, A. Emmett Adams.
New York: Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew, Ltd. © 1917.

1. The bells of Saint Mary's at sweet eventide
Shall call me, beloved, to come to your side;
And out in the valley, in sound of the sea,
I know you'll be waiting, yes, waiting for me.

CHORUS: The bells of Saint Mary's, ah! hear they are calling
The young loves, the true loves, who come from the sea;
And so, my beloved, when red leaves are falling,
The love-bells shall ring out, ring out for you and me.

2. At the porch of St. Mary's I'll wait there for/with you
In my/your soft wedding dress with its ribbons of blue.
In the church of St. Mary's, sweet voices shall sing.
For you and me, dearest, the wedding bells ring.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Bells of St Mary's
From: GUEST,Sapper on the Flying Banana;
Date: 01 Oct 07 - 02:46 PM

I was always led to believe the song was written about St. Mary's Church in Southampton LONG before the Bing Crosby film of that name.
Could someone clarify?

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Bells of St Mary's
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 01 Oct 07 - 03:17 PM

Douglas Furber (1885-1961) was English. Dunno if the verses were written about a particular church.
(Adams originally Australian).

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Bells of St Mary's
From: masato sakurai
Date: 01 Oct 07 - 06:00 PM

Listen to the bells [not the song] of Saint Mary's (ringing "Cambridge Royal") here at the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin at Southend-on-Sea in Essex site.