• Song:

    The Bells Of Rhymney

  • Artist:

    The Byrds

  • Album:

    The Best of the Byrds

The Bells Of Rhymney
The Byrds
Written by Idris Davies and Pete Seeger; released on the album "Mr. 
Tambourine Man".

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  what will   you give    me?"                            say the


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      sad         bells       of          Rhym-


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  hope    for the     fu  -   ture?"                      say the


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      brown       bells       of          Mer  -  thyr.


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                         "Who     made    the mine    -   owner?"


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                          say the     black       bells       of


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      Rhond - da.                                        "And


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  na.


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      bells       of              New-


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  well if,   if,      if,     if,     if..."              say the


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      green bells         of      Car  -  diff.


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                         "Why so      wor  -  ried,       sisters,


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      why?"               say the     sil  -  ver bells       of


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      Wye.                   "And what will   you give    me?"


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                          say the     sad         bells       of


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          Rhym        -           ney.


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Bridge (solo):
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      sad         bells       of          Rhym-


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      brown       bells       of          Mer  -  thyr.


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                          say the     black       bells       of


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      Rhond - da.                                        "And


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