The Angel And The Little Blue Bell

The Angel And The Little Blue Bell
Recorded by Brenda Lee
Written by Fred A. McCrae


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At Christmas time in the steeple high
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The bells would proudly ring
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To tell the world of the joy and cheer
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That Christmas day would bring

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But one little bell in the steeple high
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Could only pain alone and cry
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No matter how he’d try and try
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Poor little thing  he couldn't ring  at all

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All the other bells in the steeple high
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Saw all his lonely tears
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And watched him try his best to ring
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Each Christmas through the years

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But the little blue bell in the steeple toll
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Just pride from Christmas came to call
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For like I said in spite of all
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Poor little thing  he couldn't ring  at all

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One Christmas Eve in the steeple high
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An angle did appear
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She smiled and said to the little blue bell
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I've come to dry yours tears

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And on that night so the story's told
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She changed the little blue bell to the purest gold
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With the richest tone to hold and hold
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Proud little thing  just hear him r-ing