A Bell In The Valley

as the winter solstice approaches

i wrote this melody in the mid 70's as a belated anti-war song, with entirely different lyrics (which i can't find anywhere, i guess i lost them, but they were trite, as i recall). the opening three notes are lifted from the US national anthem "The Star Spangled Banner". sometime around 1990 or so, i did a MIDI version of it that i included on a cassette of traditional Christmas songs that i had sequenced.

i wrote these new lyrics a few days ago.

more versions:

http://www.macjams.com/song/37406 by SmokeyVW
http://www.macjams.com/song/37422 by Moviz
http://www.macjams.com/song/37499 by arachnidzone
http://www.macjams.com/song/37528 by buckhorn
http://www.macjams.com/song/37669 by abstractreality
http://www.macjams.com/song/37772 by Cori Ander
http://www.macjams.com/song/37777 by jfaaz
http://www.macjams.com/song/37807 by Bud
http://www.macjams.com/song/37815 by SmokeyVW
http://www.macjams.com/song/37850 by filters are fun
http://www.macjams.com/song/46825 by Rik_Berryere
http://www.macjams.com/song/47823 by ic42
http://www.macjams.com/song/48355 by wurzel
http://www.macjams.com/song/48523 by davajonah
http://www.macjams.com/song/48669 by Doadars Uncle
http://www.macjams.com/song/48670 by deputydoofy
http://www.macjams.com/song/55727 by PaulaMunk
http://www.macjams.com/song/55729 by mybravedesign
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There's A Bell In The Valley


There's a bell in the valley
It sings to the wind
There's a bell in the valley
Where do i begin

This time i will listen
But will i hear the song

This night as i'm sleeping
A long, long way from home
I'm a long, long way from home


There's a voice in the valley
It speaks to my mind
There's a voice in the valley
It speaks to mankind

But who here is lis'ning
And hearing what it says

This night as we're dreaming
A long, long way from home
We're a long, long way from home
We're a long, long way from home


(c) 2007 Bill Grundmann

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