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Ring the Bell Softly

from Ring the Bell Softly by Chris Vallillo

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RING THE BELL SOFTLY
(1865) W. Dexter Smith Jr.

Someone has gone from this strange world of ours
No more to gather its thorns with its flow'rs
No more to linger where sunbeams must fade
Where, on all beauty, death's fingers are laid
Weary with mingling life's bitter and sweet
Weary with parting and never to meet
Someone has gone to the bright, golden shore
Ring the bell softly, there's crape on the door


Someone is resting from sorrow and sin,
Happy where earth's conflicts enter not in
Joyous as birds when the morning is bright
When the sweet sunbeams have brought us their light
Weary with sowing and never to reap
Weary with labour and welcoming sleep
Someone's departed to Heaven's glad shore
Ring the bell softly, there's crape on the door

Angels were anxiously longing to meet
One who walks with them in Heaven's bright street
Loved ones have whisper'd that someone is blest
Free from earth's trials, and taking sweet rest
Yes! there is one more in angelic bliss
One less to cherish, and one less to kiss
One more departed to Heaven's bright shore
Ring the bell softly, there's crape on the door

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from Ring the Bell Softly, track released February 12, 2017
Chris Vallillo, guitar, mandolins, vocals

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Chris Vallillo Macomb, Illinois

Chris Vallillo is a singer/songwriter and folk musician who makes the people and places of “unmetropolitan” America come to life in song.

Performing on six-string and bottleneck slide guitars and harmonica, Vallillo weaves original, contemporary, and traditional songs and narratives into a compelling and entertaining portrait of the history and lifestyles of the Midwest. ... more

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