Well the choirs were singing and the candles they were burning

And the lantern girls and alter boys were crossed and cleaned

And my baby and me watched the prayers go higher and higher

As we sadly, slowly, surely took our leave



We're crying now

We we're crying then

Hearing golden bells



So we walked the long mile from the chapel gates

And I felt her warm in my hand as the wind drew us faster

We had no names or flowers in the churchyard

No cards or pity just a childlike space in our hearts



We're crying now

We we're crying then

Hearing golden bells



Oh the light that shines on life

And the living that can tell

Oh the joy, when the gates we reach

And ring those golden bells