The father heard church bells at midnight a wrong time for church bells to chime
He went to the tower found a little girl there said why ring the bells at this time
I´m just ringing the bells for Jim please father ringing the bells for Jim

I´m sorry I´m cryin´ but my brother Jim´s dyin´ so I´m ringing the bells for Jim
Please father pray for him this Christmas he´s sick and he´s in so much pain
The doctors all say he´ll be gone any day so I must ring the bells again
I´m just ringing the bells...

On the day after Christmas she brought him said father heed little Jim
You see he got well when he heard the church bells I was ringing the bells for Jim
I´m just ringing the bells...