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Artist: Jim Ed Brown and the Browns

Song: The Three Bells

There's a village hidden deep in the valley

Among the pine trees half forlorn

And there on a sunny morning

Little Jimmy Brown was born.

All the chapel bells were ringing

In the little valley town

And the song that they were singing

Was for baby Jimmy Brown

Then the little congregation

Prayed for guidance from above

Lead us not into temptation,

Bless this hour of meditation

Guide him with eternal love.

There's a village hidden deep in the valley

Beneath the mountains high above

And there, twenty years thereafter

Jimmy was to meet his love.

All the chapel bells were ringing,

'Twas a great day in his life

'Cause the songs that they were singing

Was for Jimmy and his wife

Then the little congregation

Prayed for guidance from above

Lead us not into temptation,

Bless oh Lord, this celebration

May their lives be filled with love.

From the village hidden deep in the valley

One rainy morning dark and gray

A soul winged it's way to heaven

Jimmy Brown had passed away.

Just a lonely bell was ringing

In the little valley town

'Twas farewell that it was singing

To our good old Jimmy Brown

And the little congregation

Prayed for guidance from above

Lead us not into temptation,

May his soul find the salvation

Of thy great eternal love...

The Three Bells - Browns

Peak at # 1 for 4 weeks 8/24/59

Top 10 for 10 weeks

Top 40 for 14 weeks

The Three Bells - Dick Flood

Peak at # 23 for 1 week 9/14/59

Top 40 for 4 weeks

Little Jimmy Brown Lyrics

"The Three Bells" by the Browns, Jim Ed Brown and his sisters, Maxine and Bonnie. It hit the charts on 8/3/59, at Number 1, and stayed there four weeks.

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