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