Jo Stafford - Serenade of the Bells

In the sleepy town of San Juanita

There's a story that a padre tells

Of a gay señor and señorita

And the serenade of the bells

Seems they asked the padre for permission

To be married early in the spring

But their folks had made just one condition

That the mission bells had to ring

Everyone knew the bells were broken

And hadn't sounded for a long, long time

Then one night the village was astounded

For the bells began to chime

Still the bells are broken, goes the story

But if in your heart a true love dwells

They will ring for you in all their glory

That's the serenade of the bells

(Everyone knew the bells were broken

And hadn't sounded for a long, long time)

Then one night the village was astounded

For the bells began to chime

Still the bells are broken, goes the story

But if in your heart a true love dwells

They will ring for you in all their glory

That's the serenade (that's the serenade)

Of the bells