MALCOLM VAUGHAN - ST THERESE OF THE ROSES

ST. THERESE OF THE ROSES

MALCOLM VAUGHAN

SONGWRITERS: MUSIC: ARTHUR STRAUSS & LYRICS: REMUS HARRIS

ALBUM: HIS MASTERS VOICE

LABEL: RCA VICTOR

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1956

"ST. THERESE OF THE ROSES" IS A 1956 POPULAR SONG WRITTEN BY REMUS HARRIS AND ARTHUR STRAUSS. THE SONG TAKES THE FORM OF A PRAYER TO ST. THERESE OF THE ROSE (SAINT THÉRÈSE OF LISIEUX) BY A MAN WHO IS ABOUT TO MARRY ASKING THE SAINT FOR HER TO SEND HER BLESSINGS TO HIMSELF AND HIS SWEETHEART SO THEY WILL HAVE A HAPPY AND LOVING MARRIAGE.

A VERSION PERFORMED BY BILLY WARD AND HIS DOMINOES WAS RECORDED ON 18 APRIL 1956 AND ISSUED IN JUNE OF THAT YEAR ON THE DECCA LABEL (CATALOGUE NO. 29933). IN THE UNITED STATES THE SONG REACHED #27 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 IN THE SUMMER OF 1956.

St. Therese of the roses

I will come to you each night

Near the altar in the chapel

I will pray by candle light

St. Therese of the roses

Won't you kindly hear my prayer

Give your blessings to my sweetheart

And the love that we both share

Won't you guide us (Guide us) and protect us (Protect us)

Through the years that lie ahead

won't you fill our hearts with sunshine

On the day that we are wed

You're the little flower of Heaven

Guiding all who come to you

St. Therese of the roses

I know you'll make my prayer come true

(Won't you guide us and protect us)

(Through the years that lie ahead)

won't you fill our hearts with sunshine

On the day that we are wed

You're the little flower of Heaven

Guiding all who come to you

St. Therese of the roses

I know you'll make my prayer come true