| In the sleepy town of San Juanita
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| There’s a story that a padre tells
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| Of a fair Senor and Senorita
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| And the serenade of the bells
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| Seems they asked the padre for permission
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| To be married early in the spring
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| But the padre gave just one condition
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| That the mission bells had to ring
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| Everyone knew the bells were broken
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| And hadn’t sounded in a long, long time
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| But on the night before they married
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| The bells (the bells) began (began) to chime (to chime)
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| So the bells were broken, goes the story
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| But if in your heart a true love dwells
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| You can have your love and all it’s glory
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| And the serenade of the bells
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| Every one knew the bells were broken
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| And hadn’t sounded in a long, long time
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| But on the night before they married
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| The bells (the bells) began (began) to chime (to chime)
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| So the bells were broken, goes the story
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| But if in your heart a true love dwells
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| You can have your love and all it’s glory
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| And the serenade of the bells (serenade of the bells)
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| Serenade of the bells (serenade of the bells)
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| Serenade of the bells |