Andy Williams - The Village Of St. Bernadette

I Like Your Kind of Love: The Best of the Cadence Years / 1996-05-26 1. How Wonderful To Know 2. Baby Doll 3. Summer Love 4. Tha Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au) 5. Lonely Street 6. Dreamsville 7. Lips Of Wine 8. The Bilbao Song 9. Butterfly 10. Wake Me When It's Over 11. Are You Sincere 12. Walk Hand In Hand 13. You Don't Want My Love 14. Canadian Sunset 15. The Village Of St. Bernadette 16. Promise Me, Love 17. Under Paris Skies 18. Beyond The Reef

The Village Of St. Bernadette

Words and Music by Eula Parker
(peak Billboard position # 7 in 1959-60)

I've traveled far, the land and the sea
Beautiful places I happened to be
One little town I'll never forget
Is Lourdes, the village of St. Bernadette

Ave, ave, ave Ma-ri-a
Ave, ave, ave Ma-ri-i-ia

There, like a dream, this wonderful night
I gazed at the grotto aglow in the light
A feeling divine swept over me there
I fell to my knees as I whispered the prayer

Ave, ave, ave Ma-ri-a
Ave, ave, ave Ma-ri-i-ia

Now I am home, I'm happy to be
Telling of places I've traveled to see
One little town I'll never forget
Is Lourdes, the village of St. Bernadette

Ave, ave, ave Ma-ri-a
Ave, ave, ave Ma-ri-i-ia

Ave, ave, ave Ma-ri-a
Ave, ave, ave Ma-ri-a

Transcribed by Walter Bronson