O Billy, Do You Hear That Bell chords by Alex Atterson
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Oh, Billy,
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do you hear that bell speaking from the spire?
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Has Willie fell, gone down the well,
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or is it fire, fire?
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And do you see a cinder star,
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sizzling in the sky?
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And crazy kings with
burning wings,
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learning how to fly.
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Oh sister, soft as any shawl,
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the sharp snow winds the wire.
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Pale as a pall, the cattle trawl,
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the breath about the bough.
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Now in the rear end eating air,
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the bird chinks on the thong.
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And slowly through the holy blood,
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the shepherd hauls his horn.
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Oh, Father, is that cruel cry
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coming from the night?
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A wise man lost in the world's frost,
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or is it only sky?
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And when the Alleluia boys
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drum their December din
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Why do you call the constable
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that he me lock them in
Oh mother, who will find the flock
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And harness up the shine?
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And who will lock the weather clock
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If winter does not time?
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And who will ship a farthing dip
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upon the drifting day?
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And seize a spark from heaven's dark
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to burn the night away?
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Oh Billy, will you wipe the word
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from off your freezing tongue?
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Now hire the house of district nurse,
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because I am so young
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And shall we push the business on
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And do the best we can
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To cut free from the Christmas tree,
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the hanging holy man.
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You
O Billy, Do You Hear That Bell
Alex Atterson
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