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Part- inspired by an excellent audio art performance by John Bonner itself inspired by a book by Alain Corbin – Village Bells, Sound and Meaning in the Nineteenth-Century French Countryside.
It is fascinating how different French villages used church bells to communicate social messages between different hamlets to the level of almost evolving a language of peals.
Couple this medium with the desire to counterbalance sadness, bad times and political cynicism with something unusually rallying(for us anyway) and references to ghosts and the civil war siege of Bradford and ouais, here it is!
lyrics
He died, they cried, she came, to town
She’s funny, alright, the hay is made
Ghost of, Bolling Hall, brass moan, pity poor
Lovers, gonna love, haters.
Ring the bells of Morbihan
Tell us that the siege is blown
Ring the bells of City Hall
Tell the hills I’m coming home
Guess its what bells say
I love you anyway
Guess its what bells say
The horses of hope are on their way
Here is, a tiny babe, here is a crying shame
Bandits, ding-dong, the witches’ blame
Ring the bells of Morbihan
Tell us that the siege is blown
Ring the bells of City Hall
Tell the hills I’m coming home
Guess its what bells say
I love you anyway
Guess its what bells say
The horses of hope are on their way
Miku solo
Guess its what bells say
I love you anyway
Guess its what bells say
The horses of hope are on their way
Guess its what bells say
I love you anyway
Guess its what bells say
Vengeance is on its way
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Well Vic! You never fail to amaze. Since buying your records a rather long time ago I’ve been hooked. Another blinder. Thanks Marc Riley for giving us the heads up :-) PriceyBoy
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