Letra: Robert Cameron Rogers; Música: Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin
(The Boston Music Co., Boston, 1900)
Letra:
The hours I spent with thee, dear heart,
Are as a string of pearls to me;
I count them over ev´ry 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, sweetheart! to kiss the Cross
Versiones destacadas:
👉🏽 Victor 2332. William H. Thompson [#2, 09.1903]
👉🏽 Victor 4676. Alan Turner [#8, 07.1906]
👉🏽 Victor 88108. Ernestine Schumann-Heink [#8, 05.1908]
👉🏽 Victor 64257. John McCormack [#4, 10.1912]
👉🏽 Columbia 1815. Taylor Trio [#8, 01.1916]