The Rosary

Perry Como
Miscellaneous
The Rosary
The hours I spent with Thee, Dear Heart!
Or, as a string of pearls to Thee
I count them over, every one apart
My rosary, my rosary. .
Each hour a pearl, each pearl a prayer
To still a heart in absence wrung
I tell each bead unto the end
And there a cross is hung. .
O' memories that bless and burn
O' barren gain and bitter loss
I kiss each bead and strive at last to learn
To kiss the cross, Sweet Heart
To kiss the cross. .
I kiss each bead and strive at last to learn
To kiss the cross, Sweet Heart
To kiss the cross. .. (to kiss the cross)
Words and Music by
Robert Cameron Rogers and Ethelbert Nevin