BOW BELLS
(Harold Purcell / Ben Bernard)

Donald Peers (with Bob Farnon & his Orchestra)


Bow bells are London bells
And no bells ring like Bow bells ring
A ding-dong, the sing song Bow bells ring
Bow bells are happy bells
And when they ring to me they bring
A spring song, a ding-dong kinda thing

There where the buskers stop
And cheerful sparrows hop, hop, hop
My love, by those bells above, is waiting

Bow bells prepare to play
A wedding peal for us one day
A ding-dong, unless my schemes go wrong
It won’t be long before those
Bow bell ring out our wedding song

(Orchestral Interlude accompanied by Church Bells)

There where the buskers stop
And cheerful sparrows hop, hop, hop
My love, by those bells above, is waiting

Bow bells prepare to play
A wedding peal for us one day
A ding-dong, unless my schemes go wrong
It won’t be long before those
Bow bell ring out our wedding song


(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - January 2005)