WHILE THE ANGELUS WAS RINGING
(Sung to the tune of "Les Trois Cloches")
(Music: Jean Villard Gilles / Lyrics: Dick Manning)

Frank Sinatra - 1948
Margaret Whiting - 1948
Tommy Dorsey & His Orch. (vocal: Denny Dennis) - 1948
Dick Haymes - 1949
Johnny Desmond - 1949
Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians - 1949
Eddy Howard & His Orch. - 1949
Allan Jones - 1949
Anne Shelton - 1949
Josef Locke - 1949



While the angelus was ringing
Calling for the evening prayer
I could hear the choir singing
And I saw you standing there

Silently I stood beside you
How my heart was beating then
For my dreams had all come true
I was safely back with you
Never more to roam again

Then the great cathedral spire
Seemed to come alive and say
Through the voices of the choir
There will be a wedding day

Then a golden ray of sunlight
From a window in the sky
Shone upon us from above
Heaven's blessing on our love
Now our love will never die

(Orchestral Interlude)

Then a golden ray of sunlight
From a window in the sky
Shone upon us from above
Heaven's blessing on our love
Now our love will never die


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - September 2013)