GOIN' TO SWANSEA
(written by Martin Choate April 26, 1964)
Goin' to Swansea just to hear the ringin' of the bells,
Goin' to London just to hear the ringin' of the chines.//
Goin' to Paris just to hear the pealin' of the bells.//
When I die I'm goin' to heaven just to hear the bells.//
Ding, dong, ding, dong, ding, dong, ding, dong, ding.//
(from miriam berg's folksong collection)
Goin' to Swansea just to hear the ringin' of the bells.
The sun pours through me and my heartbeat rises up and swells
Every time I hear the bells.
The sun pours through me and my heartbeat rises up and swells
Every time I hear the bells.
My ears go crazy and away I go to better times
Every time I hear the chimes.//
I love the whole wide world when I'm caught up in the magic spell
Of the ringing of the bells.//
My soul don't care if it go through a hundred thousand hells
If it can only hear the bells.//
Goin' to Swansea just to hear the ringin' of the bells,
Just to hear the ringin' bells.//