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The Tale the Church Bell Told

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Supplementary Document

Title
The Tale The Church Bell Told - Lyrics
Composer
Grant, Bert  
Lyricist
  • Young, Joe  
  • Lewis, Sam M.  
Publisher
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
  • The Tale the Church Bell Told Verse: In the shattered part of France, In the very heart of France, a soldier from a Yankee shore, Lay dreaming by an old church door
  • From the belfry in the sky, He thought he heard the old bell sigh. Refrain: I was lonely in my steeple, how I missed the birds of spring
  • Looking down upon my people, it just broke my heart to ring
  • Through the din of cannon thunder I could hear the cries of young and old
  • Someone will answer for this vi’lence, answer for my silence that’s the tale the church bell tolled. Verse: Now the clouds have all rolled by, Up here in a peaceful sky, I’ll ring again and then I’ll see, My people coming back to me
  • Ev’ry time they kneel to pray, I’ll dry their tears of yesterday. Refrain
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 21, Folder 1
Local Identifier
2014_12996_693
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
The Tale the Church Bell Told
Composer
Grant, Bert  
Lyricist
  • Lewis, Sam M.  
  • Young, Joe  
Publisher
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-12-23
Lyrics
  • Ev’ry time they kneel to pray, I’ll dry their tears of yesterday. Refrain
  • Someone will answer for this vi’lence, answer for my silence that’s the tale the church bell tolled. Verse: Now the clouds have all rolled by, Up here in a peaceful sky, I’ll ring again and then I’ll see, My people coming back to me
  • Through the din of cannon thunder I could hear the cries of young and old
  • Looking down upon my people, it just broke my heart to ring
  • From the belfry in the sky, He thought he heard the old bell sigh. Refrain: I was lonely in my steeple, how I missed the birds of spring
  • The Tale the Church Bell Told Verse: In the shattered part of France, In the very heart of France, a soldier from a Yankee shore, Lay dreaming by an old church door
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 21, Folder 1
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_693
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleThe Tale the Church Bell Told
ComposerGrant, Bert  
Lyricist
  • Lewis, Sam M.  
  • Young, Joe  
PublisherWaterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-12-23
Lyrics
  • Ev’ry time they kneel to pray, I’ll dry their tears of yesterday. Refrain
  • Someone will answer for this vi’lence, answer for my silence that’s the tale the church bell tolled. Verse: Now the clouds have all rolled by, Up here in a peaceful sky, I’ll ring again and then I’ll see, My people coming back to me
  • Through the din of cannon thunder I could hear the cries of young and old
  • Looking down upon my people, it just broke my heart to ring
  • From the belfry in the sky, He thought he heard the old bell sigh. Refrain: I was lonely in my steeple, how I missed the birds of spring
  • The Tale the Church Bell Told Verse: In the shattered part of France, In the very heart of France, a soldier from a Yankee shore, Lay dreaming by an old church door
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 21, Folder 1
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_693
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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