Mario Lanza - The Rosary lyrics

The hours I spent with thee, dear heart Or as a string of pearls to me 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